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

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Suginami is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself as Suginami City in English. As of June 1, 2022, Suginami has an estimated population of 588,354 and a population density of 17,274 pe ...

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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 Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...

entered

Edo Edo (), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo. Edo, formerly a (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the '' de facto'' capital of Japan from 1603 as the seat of the Tokugawa shogu ...

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

) and

Hinohara is a village located in West Tokyo, the western portion of Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 2,101, and a population density of 20 persons per km2. The total area of the village is . It is the only administra ...

. 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 *

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* Zempukuji River Park * Takaido Police Station *

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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 has ...

Musashino

* Kichijōji Station * Fujimura Girls' Junior and Senior High School *

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Seikei University is a private university in the Kichijōji area of the city of Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. Its name derives from a passage in the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian. Its campus is noted for its rows of zelkova trees, which is listed as ...

Seikei Junior and Senior High School is a private university in the Kichijōji area of the city of Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. Its name derives from a passage in the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian. Its campus is noted for its rows of zelkova trees, which is listed as o ...

Seikei Elementary School is a private university in the Kichijōji area of the city of Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. Its name derives from a passage in the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian. Its campus is noted for its rows of zelkova trees, which is listed as o ...

) *

Kanto Bus Musashino Depot Japanese Kanto is a simplified spelling of , a Japanese word, only omitting the diacritics. In Japan Kantō may refer to: *Kantō Plain *Kantō region *Kantō-kai, organized crime group *Kanto (Pokémon), a geographical region in the ''Pokémon ...

Nishitokyo

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Musashino Joshi Gakuin is a middle school and high school in Tokyo, Japan. It is located in Nishitōkyō, Tokyo () is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 206,047, and a population density of ...

)

Koganei

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Koganei Campus *

Koganei Park is a metropolitan park in Tokyo, having entrances in Koganei City, Kodaira City, Nishitokyo City, and Musashino City. Overview The fifth-largest park in the Metropolitan Tokyo Area, Koganei Park is an attraction for local residents and tourist ...

Kodaira

Bunka Gakuen University is a private university in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The predecessor of the school, a women's vocational school, was founded 1923. In 1952 it was chartered as a junior women's college. In 1964 it became a four-year college and it was named . In 2 ...

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 l ...

* Showa Memorial Park * Musashi-Sunagawa Station * 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 Japa ...

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 pers ...

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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 in Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the 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 the line at Haijim ...

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 sta ...

* Nishi Tokyo Bus Itsukaichi Depot

References

External links

Itsukaichi Kaidō Cycling
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