is one of the main roads leading westwards out of
Tokyo
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...
. It begins in
Shinjuku
, officially called Shinjuku City, is a special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world ( Shinjuku Station) as well as the Tokyo Metropol ...
, passes through
Ōme, and ends in
Kōfu
is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 187,985 in 90,924 households, and a population density of 880 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Overview Toponymy
Kōfu ...
,
Yamanashi.
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The road was originally developed in 1606 to transport lime from Ome during the
land reclamation
Land reclamation, often known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new Terrestrial ecoregion, land from oceans, list of seas, seas, Stream bed, riverbeds or lake ...
efforts in
Edo during the Tokugawa era and was known by different names in different eras and regions over the course of time, as "Ogawa-michi" and "Hakonegasaki-michi" in Edo, "Afume-michi" or "Mitake-michi" in Ome, and "Haraedo-michi" in Hakonegasaki. It was identified as 'Ōme Kaidō' on a survey map created in 1880 and formally designated as such in 1962.
Ōme Kaidō overbridge
The Ōme Kaidō overbridge in Shinjuku currently serves as the eastern terminus of the Ōme Kaidō, approximately northwest of the historical starting point at the intersection of Meiji-dōri and Shinjuku-dōri.
The
Chuō,
Saikyō,
Shōnan-Shinjuku, and
Yamanote train lines pass over the highway, with 10 lanes of roadway and sidewalks beneath.
It is frequently featured in popular culture as the unofficial western gate to
Kabukichō, most recently featured in the opening titles of ''
Midnight Diner'' on Netflix.
Stations of the Ōme Kaidō
There are 9
post stations along the Ōme Kaidō. They are listed below with the corresponding modern-day municipality listed in
parentheses
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.
* Nakano-juku（
Nakano,
Tokyo
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）
* Tanashi-juku（
Nishitōkyō, Tokyo）
* Ogawa-juku（
Kodaira, Tokyo）
* Hakonegasaki-juku（
Mizuho,
Nishitama District, Tokyo）
* Ōme-juku（
Ōme, Tokyo）
* Hikawa-shuku（
Okutama
is a town located in the western portion of Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, at a distance of roughly west-northwest of Tokyo Imperial Palace. , the town had an estimated population of 4,949, and a population density of 22 persons per km2. The total a ...
,
Nishitama District, Tokyo）
* Taba-shuku（
Tabayama,
Kitatsuru District,
Yamanashi）
* Enzan-juku（
Kōshū, Yamanashi)
* Kobara-juku（
Yamanashi, Yamanashi)
File:Historic post marker at the starting point of Ōme Kaidō highway at the Shinjuku 3-Chome Intersection, Tokyo.jpg, Marker indicating the historic starting point of Ōme Kaidō at Meiji-dori and Shinjuku-dori
File:Starting point of Ōme Kaidō highway at the Shinjuku 3-Chome Intersection, Tokyo.jpg, Historic starting point of Ōme Kaidō at Meiji-dori and Shinjuku-dori
File:Sidewalk map at the starting point of Ōme Kaidō highway at the Shinjuku 3-Chome Intersection, Tokyo.jpg, Closer view of the map at the historic starting point of Ōme Kaidō
See also
*
Itsukaichi Kaidō
*
Edo Five Routes
**
Tōkaidō (or
53 Stations of the Tōkaidō
The are the rest areas along the Tōkaidō (road), Tōkaidō, which was a coastal route that ran from Nihonbashi in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto.. There were originally 53 government shukuba, post stations along the T ...
)
**
Nakasendō
The , also called the ,Richard Lane, ''Images from the Floating World'' (1978) Chartwell, Secaucus ; pg. 285 was one of the centrally administered Edo Five Routes, five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected the ''de facto'' ...
(or
69 Stations of the Nakasendō)
**
Ōshū Kaidō
**
Nikkō Kaidō
The was one of the centrally administered Edo Five Routes, five routes of the Edo period. It was built to connect the ''de facto'' capital of Japan at Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with the temple-shrine complex of the Mangan-ji and Tōshōsha (now cal ...
References
External links
Ōme Kaidō Cycling
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Roads in Tokyo
Roads in Yamanashi Prefecture
Edo-period roads and trails