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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

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) :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) :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) :10. Kanzaki-shuku (神埼宿) ( Kanzaki) :11. Sakaibaru-shuku (境原宿) (Kanzaki) :12. Saga-shuku (佐賀宿) (

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) :13. Ushizu-shuku (牛津宿) ( Ogi) :14. Oda-shuku (小田宿) ( Kōhoku, Kishima District) :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) :20. Ōmura-shuku (大村宿) (Ōmura) :21. Eishō-shuku (永昌宿) ( Isahaya) :22. Yagami-shuku (矢上宿) (

) :23. Himi-shuku (日見宿) (Nagasaki) :Ending Location: Nagasaki

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Stations of the Nagasaki Kaidō

Fukuoka Prefecture

Saga Prefecture

Nagasaki Prefecture

See also

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