EDo - Ome Kaido Highway

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. Kaido 街道 The old highways .
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Ome Kaido, Ōmekaidō, Ōme 青梅街道 Ome Kaido

Amanuma is located in the center of Suginami ward. The main street is 天沼本通り Ananuma Hondori.
In the West is the old 青梅街道 Ome Kaido Road. This road was used to transport sekkai 石灰 lime for the construction of the Edo castle. The road goes on to Kofu in Yamanashi.

. Amanuma district 天沼 "heavenly swamp" - Suginami .

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Oome, Ōme 青梅 / おうめ Ome town
Ome means "Green Ume", a kind of plum tree known as Japanese Apricot.
Ōme is located in the Okutama Mountains of western Tokyo, bordered by Saitama Prefecture to the north.The river Tamagawa flows through the city.
The name Ome comes from just one plum tree.
It had fruit which stayed green until autumn and never changed color.
People thought this very strange and called the tree
"green plum tree" - ao ume 青梅, soon shortened to Ome.

Ome is an important postal station of the
青梅街道 Ome kaido highway from Shinjuku to Kofu.



It was a sort of shortcut to 甲府 Kofu in Yamanashi and often called the
甲州裏街道 Koshu Ura Kaido .
First only used for the transportation of lime to Edo, it soon turned into a busy road for all kinds of merchandise.
Now it is one of the modern "emergency access roads", kept open for ambulances, fire trucks, and police vehicles during national and Tokyo emergencies.


Postal stations along the Ome Kaido

in Tokyo
Nakano 中野宿
Tanashi 田無宿
Ogawa 小川宿
Hakonegasaki 箱根ヶ崎宿
Ome 青梅宿
Hikawa 氷川宿



in Yamanashi
Tabayama 丹波宿
Enzan 塩山宿
Obara 小原宿




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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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kootsuu jikoo 交通事故 traffic accident
Once upon a time a woman was killed in a traffic accident on the crossroads of the Ome Kaido.
A little later a woman in a white robe (as dead people are dressed for a funeral) appeared at the gas station and waved for a taxi.
When the taxi driver reached the destination, he looked at the back seat but there was nobody, only the seat was rather wet.


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. hakuro 白狼 white wolf and hakuroku 白鹿 white deer .
and 日本武尊 Yamato Takeru / 御嶽山 Mitakesan

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. tanuki 狸 racoon dog, badger legends .
A Tanuki hanging out in Ome city bewitched a priest who had painted a shirasagi 白鷺 white heron. But when he came to his senses, the painting was gone.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -


. Edo, Tokyo　江戸 - 東京 - 伝説 Legends Index .


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. Kaido 街道 The old highways .

. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .

. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .

. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .


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