The was a road across
Kyūshū
is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surround ...
from
Kokura
is an ancient castle town and the center of Kitakyushu, Japan, guarding the Straits of Shimonoseki between Honshu and Kyushu with its suburb Moji. Kokura is also the name of the penultimate station on the southbound San'yō Shinkansen li ...
to
Nagasaki
is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...
, used by ''
daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominall ...
s'' for the ''
sankin-kōtai
''Sankin-kōtai'' ( ja, 参覲交代/参覲交替, now commonly written as ja, 参勤交代/参勤交替, lit=alternate attendance, label=none) was a policy of the Tokugawa shogunate during most of the Edo period of Japanese history.Jansen, M ...
'', and also by the chief of the Dutch trading post at Nagasaki on whom a similar obligation of visiting the ''
shōgun
, officially , was the title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, though during part of the Kamaku ...
'' was imposed. The route stretched 228 km and took travelers approximately one week.
[Nagasaki Kaidō](_blank)
. Nagasaki Prefecture. Accessed March 12, 2008.
Stations of the Nagasaki Kaidō
The Nagasaki Kaidō's 25
post stations, as listed in 1705, are listed below with their modern-day municipalities indicated beside them.
Travelers visiting Naruse-shuku and Shiota-shuku would avoid Kitagata-shuku and Tsukasaki-shuku.
Fukuoka Prefecture
:Starting Location: Tokiwabashi (常盤橋) (
Kokura Kita-ku,
Kitakyūshū
is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fukuoka. It is one o ...
)
:1. Kurosaki-shuku (黒崎宿) (
Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyūshū)
:2. Koyanose-shuku (木屋瀬宿) (Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyūshū)
:3. Iizuka-shuku (飯塚宿) (
Iizuka)
:4. Uchino-shuku (内野宿) (Iizuka)
:5. Yamae-shuku (山家宿) (
Chikushino
is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Bordering Dazaifu, Onojo, Nakagawa, Saga Prefecture, Ogori, Yasu, and Chikuho, Fukuoka, Chikushino is essentially a southern suburb of Fukuoka City. It was founded on April 1, 1972.
As of September ...
)
:6. Haruda-shuku (原田宿) (Chikushino)
Saga Prefecture
:7. Tashiro-shuku (田代宿) (
Tosu)
:8. Todoroki-shuku (轟木宿) (Tosu）
:9. Nakabaru-shuku (中原宿) (
Miyaki,
Miyaki District
is a district located in Saga Prefecture, Japan.
In February 2009, the district had an estimated population of 54,233 and a density of 625 per km2. The total area is 86.82 km2.
Municipalities
* Kamimine
* Kiyama
* Miyaki
History
Miyaki Di ...
)
:10. Kanzaki-shuku (神埼宿) (
Kanzaki)
:11. Sakaibaru-shuku (境原宿) (Kanzaki)
:12. Saga-shuku (佐賀宿) (
Saga
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)
:13. Ushizu-shuku (牛津宿) (
Ogi
Ogi may refer to:
People
* Adolf Ogi (born 1942), Swiss politician
*, Japanese football player
*, Japanese actress and politician
*Darko Ostojić (born 1965), nicknamed Ogi, Bosnian musician and actor
*, Japanese football player
*Ogi Ogas (born 19 ...
)
:14. Oda-shuku (小田宿) (
Kōhoku,
Kishima District
is a district located in Saga Prefecture, Japan.
As of February 1, 2009, the district has an estimated population of 45,085 and a density
Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The sy ...
)
:15. Kitagata-shuku (北方宿) or Naruse-shuku (鳴瀬宿) (
Takeo)
:16. Tsukasaki-shuku (塚崎宿) or Shiota-shuku (塩田宿) (Takeo)
:17. Ureshino-shuku (嬉野宿) (
Ureshino)
Nagasaki Prefecture
:18. Sonogi-shuku (彼杵宿) (
Higashisonogi,
Higashisonogi District)
:19. Matsubara-shuku (松原宿) (
Ōmura Omura (小村) or Ōmura (大村) are Japanese surnames, but may also refer to:
* Ōmura, Nagasaki, a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
* Omura's whale (''Balaenoptera omurai''), a species of rorqual about which very little is known
People ...
)
:20. Ōmura-shuku (大村宿) (Ōmura)
:21. Eishō-shuku (永昌宿) (
Isahaya
is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on September 1, 1940. As of November 1, 2022, the city has an estimated population of 132,385 and a population density of 389 persons per km². The total area is .
On March ...
)
:22. Yagami-shuku (矢上宿) (
Nagasaki
is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...
)
:23. Himi-shuku (日見宿) (Nagasaki)
:Ending Location: Nagasaki
See also
*
Kaidō
*
Edo Five Routes
The , sometimes translated as "Five Highways", were the five centrally administered routes, or ''kaidō'', that connected the ''de facto'' capital of Japan at Edo (now Tokyo) with the outer provinces during the Edo period (1603–1868). The most ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagasaki Kaido
Road transport in Japan