is the historic and current main road between former Itsukaichi (now

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) and

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's central suburbs.Seven windings of Itsukaichi-kaido at Ozaki
. Hamadayama Life. Accessed October 23, 2019. It generally follows the same road as the Suginami Akiruno Line along Tokyo Metropolitan Road Route 7 ( ja).

Overview

After

Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow ...

entered

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, he developed Itsukaichi Kaidō for the purpose of transporting timber and charcoal from Itukaichi (now

) and Hinohara. Initially, the road was called "Ina Road", after Ina, a settlement not far east of Itsukaichi. Ina was the source of stones used for restoring

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and the road developed for transport between these two places. After the restoration of Edo Castle was finished, charcoal became the main product transported and Itsukaichi grew to become more significant than Ina. As land was opened up on the

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, the road between the Tama district and Edo developed as one highway.

Main Locations

Suginami

* Shin-koenji Station * Tokyo Metropolitan Toyotama High School * Kanto Baus Itsukaichi Kaido Depot * Zempukuji River Park * Takaido Police Station * Tokyo Metropolitan Nishi High School *

Nishi-Ogikubo Station is a railway station on the Chūō Main Line in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Nishi-Ogikubo Station is served by the Chūō Line (Rapid) and Chūō-Sōbu Line. Station layout The station h ...

Musashino

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* Fujimura Girls' Junior and Senior High School * Seikei Gakuen School Corporation (

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, Seikei Junior and Senior High School, Seikei Elementary School) * Kanto Bus Musashino Depot

Nishitokyo

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( Musashino Joshi Gakuin)

Koganei

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Koganei Campus *

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Kodaira

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Kodaira Campus * Kodaira Apartment Complex *

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Camp Kodaira * Hitotsubashi-Gakuen Station

Kokubunji

Tachikawa

* Keyakidai Apartment Complex *

Sunagawa-Nanaban Station is a station on the Tama Toshi Monorail Line in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan. Lines Sunagawa-Nanaban Station is a station on the Tama Toshi Monorail Line and is located 2.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kamikitadai Station. Station la ...

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Musashi-Sunagawa Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway. Lines The station is served by the Seibu Haijima Line, and is located 9.6 kilometers from the starting point ...

* Seibu-Tachikawa Station * Matsunaka Apartment Complex

Akishima

Haijima Station is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Akishima, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Seibu Railway. The station is also a freight depot for the Jap ...

Fussa

Yokota Air Base , is a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and United States Air Force (USAF) base in the Tama Area, or Western Tokyo. It occupies portions of Akishima, Fussa, Hamura, Mizuho, Musashimurayama, and Tachikawa. The base houses 14,000 personnel ...

(

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Yokota Base) *

Ushihama Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fussa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Ushihama Station is served by the Ōme Line, and is located 8.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line a ...

Akiruno

* Akirudai Park *

Akigawa Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Akigawa Station is served by the Itsukaichi Line, and is located 5.7 kilometers from the starting point of th ...

Musashi-Itsukaichi Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Musashi-Itsukaichi Station is the terminus of the Itsukaichi Line, and is located 11.1 kilometers from the st ...

* Nishi Tokyo Bus Itsukaichi Depot

References

External links

Itsukaichi Kaidō Cycling
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