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25 Apr 2020

EDO - Nagasaki Hita Kaido highroads

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Nagasaki Hita Kaido

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. Kaido 街道 Highways - ABC Index .
- Hita Kaido, Hizen Kaido, Chikuzen Kaido - see below -
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Nagasaki Kaido 長崎街道 Nagasaki Highway

. Food and sweets from Nagasaki 長崎県 .
The Nagasaki Highway was also called
シュガーロード sugar road / 砂糖の道 sato no michi
connecting Nagasaki and Kokura (Ogura) 小倉 in 福岡県 Fukuoka, Kyushu.
From there on to Kyoto during the Edo period. A lot of Western cultural elements travelled this road, when even very expensive white sugar was only available at the island of Dejima.

Towns along this road were able to produce sweets with white sugar.
for example
Ogi yookan 小城羊羹
in the town of Ogi in Saga prefecture. This Yokan is still made by hand. Water, agar, anko bean paste and sugar are stirred for a long time, then poured in a wooden form with lacquer finishing. When its gets dry it is taken out of the form, head up now with a frosted sugar coating, that gives a crunchy sound when biting into it.
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- Postal stations along the Nagasaki Kaido

- - - - - Fukuoka Prefecture
Start : Tokiwabashi (常盤橋) (Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyūshū)
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) (Saga)
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) (Nagasaki)
23. Himi-shuku (日見宿) (Nagasaki)
End - Nagasaki　長崎
source : wikipedia

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Hizen Chikuzen Kaido 肥前・筑前街道
Crossing from 福岡県筑紫郡那珂川町 Fukuoka, Chikushi district, Nakagawa
to
佐賀県神埼郡吉野ヶ里町 Saga, Kanzaki district, Yoshinogari
via the
Sefurizaka-goe 脊振坂越 Serifuri Pass

Mount Sefuri (脊振山, Sefuri-san)
is a 1,054.6 m peak of the Sefuri Mountains, which are located on the border of Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, and Kanzaki, Saga Prefecture, Japan.
This mountain is the tallest peak of the Sefuri Mountain range between Fukuoka Prefecture and Saga Prefecture. Before the Meiji Restoration, this mountain was a center of the Shugendo religion in this region, along with Mount Hiko. Mount Sefuri is the location where the Buddhist priest Eisai first planted tea after his return to Japan from Song dynasty China in the Kamakura period.
The northern part of Kanzaki city is located in the middle of the Sefuri Mountains.
The southern part consists of the north bank of the Chikugo River and the Saga Plains, and the Jōbaru River runs through the middle portion of the city. The southeast border with Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture is formed by the Chikugo River.
source : wikipedia

Hizen Province (肥前国, Hizen no kuni)
was an old province in the area of Saga and Nagasaki prefectures,
Hizen bordered on the provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo.

Chikuzen Province (筑前国, Chikuzen no kuni)
was an old provincein the area that is today part of Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyūshū.
It was sometimes called Chikushū (筑州) or Chikuyō (筑陽), with Chikugo Province. Chikuzen bordered Buzen, Bungo, Chikugo, and Hizen Provinces.

Kanzaki soomen 神埼そうめん(神崎素麺) somen noodles from Kanzaki
They are prepared with the fresh water from rivers from the mountain area of Mount Sefuri 脊振. They are quite chewy, but smooth. You can enjoy them cold in summer and hot in winter.
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Hita Kaido 日田街道 / 日田往還 Hita Okan
Oita / Fukuoka

Connecting Hita with Fukuoka

. Hita 日田市 - Bungo no Kuni Hita 豊後国日田 .
Part of the old Bungo region is now in Oita prefecture, part in Fukuoka.
In the Edo period Hita was Tenryo 天領 land under the supervision of the Tokugawa government because of the mines.
- Taio kinzan 鯛生金山 Taio Gold Mine, goldmine in Nakatsu
大分県日田市中津江村合瀬
- Hita Gion Matsuri 日田祇園祭り　Hita Gion Festival
- Hita Tenryo Matsuri　日田天領まつり　Hita Tenryo Festival

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Fukuoka Domain (福岡藩, Fukuoka han)
It was associated with Chikuzen Province in modern-day Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyushu. The domain was also sometimes referred to as Chikuzen Domain, or as Kuroda Domain, after the ruling Kuroda family.
In the han system, Fukuoka was a political and economic abstraction based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields. In other words, the domain was defined in terms of kokudaka, not land area. This was different from the feudalism of the West. With its rating of 473,000 koku, the domain was the fifth-largest in Japan, excluding the domains held by the Tokugawa-Matsudaira dynasty.
... The Kuroda clan
I. Kuroda Nagamasa, 1st daimyō of Fukuoka (ca. 1600)
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. Kuroda Kanbei Yoshitaka 黒田官兵衛孝高 . - (1546 - 1604)
and his son 長政 Nagamasa

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Fukuoka city (福岡市, Fukuoka-shi)
is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu.
- - - Exchanges from the continent and the Northern Kyushu area date as far back as Old Stone Age.
It has been thought that waves of immigrants arrived in Northern Kyushu from mainland Asia. Several Kofun burial mounds exist.
- - - History
Fukuoka was sometimes called the Port of Dazaifu (大宰府), 15 km southeast from Fukuoka. Dazaifu was an administrative capital in 663 A.D., but a historian proposed that a prehistoric capital was in the area. Ancient texts, such as the Kojiki, Kanyen (found in Dazaifu) and archaeology confirm this was a very critical place in the founding of Japan. Some scholars claim that it was the first place outsiders and the Imperial Family set foot, but like many early Japan origin theories, it remains contested. Central Fukuoka is sometimes still referred as Hakata which is the name of the central ward.
- In 923, the Hakozaki-gū
in Fukuoka was transferred from Daibu-gū in Daibu (大分), 16 km (10 mi) northeast from Dazaifu, the origin of Usa Shrine and established as a branch of the Usa Shrine at Fukuoka. In Ooho (大保), 15 km (9 mi) south from Dazaifu, there are remains of a big ward office with a temple, because in ancient East Asia, an emperor must have three great ministries (大宰, 大傳 and 大保). In fact, there is a record in Chinese literature that a king of Japan sent a letter in 478 to ask the Chinese emperor's approval for employing three ministries. In addition, remains of the Korokan (鴻臚館, Government Guest House) were found in Fukuoka underneath a part of the ruins of Fukuoka Castle.
- Mongol invasions (1274–1281)
- Formation of the modern city (1889)
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

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. Kōbō Daishi Kūkai 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説　 Kobo Daishi Kukai Legends .

Once Kukai asked for some negi 葱 leek, but the farmer did not give him any.
The next day all the leek had dried and nothing would grow on the field any more.
Another time he came to a river where an old woman washed potatoes and daikon 大根 radish.
He asked her to give him some but she only gave him a dirty potato.
Soon after the water in the river did not flow any more.

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日田市 Hita city 渡里 Watari

. Oni densetsu 鬼伝説　Regional Demon Legends - Oita .
At the small hamlet of Watari there is a place where the head of an Oni demon is burried. But maybe it was just a local thief.

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. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake legends .
At a hamlet called 松原 Matsubara in Hita there appeared a huge serpent. It was very long and rather black, its face long like this of a horse with ears. A farmer painted a picture of it and then it was called kyuuryoo 虬龍 "Serpent-Dragon", a legendary animal.

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24 Apr 2020

EDO - Harima Kaido

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Harima Kaido

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. Kaido 街道 Highways - ABC Index .
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Harima Kaido 播磨街道 Harima Highway
播磨大路 Harima Oji // 播磨大道 Harima Daido
From Harima (Himeji, Hyogo prefecture) to 岡山県 Okayama
This is the local part of the
. Sanyo Kaido 山陽街道 Sanyo Highway and 西国街道 Saigoku Kaido .
used by the regional Daimyo on their Sankin Kotai to Edo.
The old names of the area were
播磨国 Harima no Kuni and 備前国 Bizen no Kuni.

- Places along the Harima Kaido

Funasaka Toge Pass 船坂峠 - 197m
On the border of 兵庫県赤穂郡上郡町梨ヶ原 Nashigahara, Kamigori, Ako in Hyogo to 岡山県備前市三石 Mitsuishi Bizen city, Okayama.

The old name was 畝坂（うなさか) Unasaka.

Sakanaga 坂長 (さかなが）- the old name for Mitsuishi in Bizen city
Mitsuishi postal station 三石の宿場
with sekisho 関所 a barrier

Mitsuishi mile stone

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. Sanyo Kaido 山陽街道 Sanyo Highway and 西国街道 Saigoku Kaido .

10 姫路（姫路市）- Himeji
11 正條（たつの市）- Shojo (Tatsuno)
12 片島（たつの市）- Katashima (Tatsuno)
13 有年（赤穂市）- Yunen (Akaho)
14 三石（備前市）- Mitsuishi (Bizen)
15 片上（備前市）- Katakami (Bizen)
16 藤井（岡山市）- Fujii (Okayama)
17 岡山（岡山市）- Okayama

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Harima Province (播磨国, Harima no kuni) or Banshū (播州)
was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture. Harima bordered on Tajima, Tanba, Settsu, Bizen, and Mimasaka Provinces. Its capital was Himeji.
During the Edo period, the Akō Domain (fief) was part of Harima. The Forty-seven rōnin were samurai of Akō han. IHI Corporation, a shipbuilder and major Boeing engine subcontractor gets its name from the province.
- History
Harima Province was established in 7th century. During the Meiji Restoration, Himeji Prefecture was established with the whole area of Harima Province as the territory. Himeji Prefecture was renamed to Shikama prefecture, and Shikama Prefecture was transferred to Hyōgo Prefecture finally.
Iwa jinja 伊和神社 was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Harima.
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Bizen Province (備前国, Bizen no kuni)
was a province of Japan on the Inland Sea side of Honshū, in what is today the southeastern part of Okayama Prefecture. It was sometimes called Bishū (備州 Bishu), with Bitchū and Bingo Provinces. Bizen borders Mimasaka, Harima, and Bitchū Provinces.
Bizen's original center was in the modern city of Okayama. From an early time Bizen was one of Japan's main centers for sword smithing.
- History
In the 3rd month of the 6th year of the Wadō era (713), the land of Bizen-no kuni was administratively separated from Mimasaka Province (美作国). In that same year, Empress Genmei's Daijō-kan continued to organize other cadastral changes in the provincial map of the Nara period.
In Wadō 6, Tanba Province (丹波国) was sundered from Tango Province (丹後国); and Hyūga Province (日向国) was divided from Ōsumi Province (大隈国).
In the Muromachi period,
Bizen was ruled by the Akamatsu clan from Mimasaka, but by the Sengoku period the Urakami clan had become dominant and settled in Okayama city. They were later supplanted by the Ukita clan, and Ukita Hideie was one of the regents Toyotomi Hideyoshi appointed for his son. After Kobayakawa Hideaki helped Tokugawa Ieyasu to win the Battle of Sekigahara over Ukita and others, he was granted Ukita's domains in Bizen and Mimasaka.
Bizen passed through a variety of hands during the Edo period before being incorporated into the modern prefecture system.
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. Banshu 播州 - Harima no Kuni 播磨国民芸 folk art .
Hyogo Folk Art - 兵庫県　

. Banshu 播州薬師霊場 pilgrimage to Yakushi Nyorai .

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

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播磨国 Harima no Kuni

. Kitsune Hikyaku 狐飛脚 fox messengers .

桂蔵坊 Keizobo was an old fox that lived close to the Tottori castle. He could run to Edo and back in just two days and was famous for his speed. The Lord Ikeda 池田 of the Castle was very fond of him.
One day Keizobo was sent on a secret mission to Edo and passing 播磨国 Harima no Kuni (Hyogo), he passed a trap of a farmer, who had placed a delicious-smelling fried rat. Since he was on an urgent mission, he passed on. On his way back from Edo he was hungry and wanted to get the rat, but in turn got caught in the trap himself and was killed.
Lord Ikeda grieved about his friend and had the shrine 中坂神社 Nakazaka Jinja built in his honor.

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播磨国明石 Akashi

bifujin 美婦人 beautiful women
In Akashi lived a man named 石巻郷右衛門 Ishimaki Goemon. When he was about 20 years, a spring of pure water came out of the garden in front of his room. In the water there were many beautiful women. The women came into his room and he fell in love with them all. He was up all night and became weaker and weaker ...
When his mother asked about his problem. He told her all and the ladies stopped appearing.

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播磨国安志 Anji

Sekawa Taukai せ河たう介
Among the retainers of the Lord of Anji there was a man named Sekawa Taukai. He was a very fast runner and could run about 300 km in one day.
Once on a rainy day he run with an umbrella, but when he came back, the umbrella was torn to pieces.

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播磨国谷外村 Tanisotomura village

. Legends about oni 鬼 demons .
If a child has kan 癇 epilepsy, the mother puts a piece of paper with the word 鬼 demon written three times in its hand. Then she recites a Buddhist spell three times:
アブラウンケンソワカ abura unken sowaka / abiraunken sowaka
Abira unken sowaka is a chant against the Seven Misfortunes (七難消滅).

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備前国 Bizen no Kuni

amagoi waka 雨乞和歌 Waka poetry and rain rituals
A Samurai from Bizen no Kuni named 水野義風 Mizuno Gifu was ordered by the village head to write a Waka poem as a rain ritual.
The villagers were happy, took a copy home and offered it to the 産土神 Ubusunagami, And the rain came soon.
So to our day when there is a drought, they take out this paper and perform rituals. Then it will rain.

. Ubusunagami 産土神 Deity of the place of birth .

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. inu 犬と伝説 Legends about the dog / Hund .
In Bizen no Kuni there is a dog who recites the Nenbutsu 念仏 Amida Prayer. He stands at the gate of the temple and talks in almost a human voice.

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. suikazura スイカズラ / 吸葛 / 忍冬と伝説 Legends about honeysuckle .
Inugami 犬神，Sarugami 猿神 and the Nue Monster

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yakoo no tama 夜光の玉 a ball of light in the night
According to the geographer 古川古松軒 Furukawa Koshoken, who was born in Bizen no Kuni,
in the year 1797 in 備前国 Bizen in 児嶋 / 児島 Kojima 榧原 Kayahara, a rich farmer had ishigaki 石垣 a large stone wall built around his estate. From two large stones there were two round balls coming out.
The big one looked as if a white powder was painted around it. When placed into a dark room, one could almost read a book.

- Furukawa Koshoken (1726 - 1807) -
... known chiefly for his travel of his travels in Kyûshû and Tôhoku.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -
播磨国 OK // 51 播磨
備前国 OK // 26 備前

17 播磨国飾磨郡地方の迷信集 (00)
essay by 浅田茂　Asada Shigeru

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EDO - Nankaido area

Edo - the EDOPEDIA -

Nankaido Gokishichido

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a Japanese geographical term.
It means both an ancient division of the country and the main road running through it. The road connected provincial capitals in this region.
It was part of the 五畿七道 Gokishichidō system.
The Nankaidō encompassed the pre-Meiji provincial lands of Kii and Awaji, plus the four provinces that made up the island of Shikoku: Awa, Sanuki, Tosa, and Iyo.
The road extended from Nara to the seacoast to the south on the 紀伊半島 Kii Peninsula of the island of Honshū in Japan and crossing the sea, extended to Yura (nowadays Sumoto) and then Shikoku.
- source : wikipedia

- Areas along the Nankaido
紀伊国 Kii no Kuni （現在の和歌山県 Wakayama、三重県南部 Southern Mie）
淡路国 Awaji no Kuni（現在の兵庫県淡路島 Hyogo, Awaji、沼島 Nushima）
阿波国 Awa no Kuni （現在の徳島県 Tokushima）
讃岐国 Sanuki no Kuni （現在の香川県 Kagawa）
伊予国 Io no Kuni （現在の愛媛県 Ehime）
土佐国 Tosa no Kuni （現在の高知県 Kochi）

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Gokishichidō 五畿七道 Gokishichido - Five provinces and seven roads
kinai shichidoo 畿内七道 .

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Gokishichidō (五畿七道, "five provinces and seven circuits")
was the name for ancient administrative units organized in Japan during the Asuka period (AD 538–710), as part of a legal and governmental system borrowed from the Chinese. Though these units did not survive as administrative structures beyond the Muromachi period (1336–1573), they did remain important geographical entities until the 19th century.
The Gokishichidō consisted of five provinces in the Kinai (畿内) or capital region, plus seven dō (道) or circuits, each of which contained provinces of its own.
When Hokkaido was included as a circuit after the defeat of the Republic of Ezo in 1869, the system was briefly called Gokihachidō (五畿八道, "five provinces and eight circuits") until the abolition of the han system in 1871.

- - - - - The five Kinai provinces
were local areas in and around the imperial capital (first Heijō-kyō at Nara, then Heian-kyō at Kyōto). They were:
Yamato Province (now Nara Prefecture)
Yamashiro Province (now the southern part of Kyōto Prefecture, including the city of Kyōto)
Kawachi Province (now the southeastern part of Osaka Prefecture)
Settsu Province (now the northern part of Osaka Prefecture, including the city of Osaka, and parts of Hyōgo Prefecture)
Izumi Province (now the southern part of Osaka Prefecture)

- - - - - The seven Circuits
... administrative areas stretching away from the Kinai region in different directions. Running through each of the seven areas was an actual road of the same name, connecting the imperial capital with all of the provincial capitals along its route.
-- Eastern sea circuit / Tōkaidō (running east along Japan's Pacific coast).
-- Eastern mountains circuit / Tōsandō (northeast through the Japanese Alps).
-- Northern land circuit / Hokurikudō (northeast along the Sea of Japan coast).
-- Dark (Northern) mountains circuit / Sanindō (west along the Sea of Japan coast).
-- Light (Southern) mountains circuit / Sanyōdō (west along the northern side of the Seto Inland Sea).
-- Southern sea circuit / Nankaidō (south to the Kii Peninsula and the islands of Awaji and Shikoku).
-- Western sea circuit / Saikaidō (the "western" island, Kyūshū).
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Nankaido - Walking in Wakayama
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屠蘇酌むや南海道の鯨守り
toso nomu ya Nankaido no kujira mori

広江八重桜 Hiroe Yaezakura (1879 - 1945)

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8 Apr 2020

EDO - Nanbu Kaido Kakuno Kaido

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/02/kamaishi-kaido-highway.html

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Nanbu Kaido 南部街道 Nanbu Highway, Nambu Highway
Iwate 岩手県
Connecting 遠野 Tono to the 気仙郡 Kesen district on the coast.
Already mentioned on 葛西領内地図 a map from 1335.
In former times 盛岡藩 Morioka domain was called 南部藩 Nanbu domain.
Connecting the Nanbu domain with 久保田（秋田）藩 the Kubota domain in Akita),
In Iwate, this road was called
Kazuno Orai 鹿角往来 / Kazuno Kaido 鹿角街道.
- see below

- Postal stations along the Nanbu Kaido
Yokota village 横田村 (Tono city)
Aozasa 青笹
Kamigo Hirakura 上郷平倉
Alabane Toge pass 赤羽根峠
Kasai 葛西

In former times Kasai belonged to the 伊達領 Date domain.
The Kasai Clan 葛西氏 reigned in an area stretching from the center of Mutsu no Kuni 陸奥国中部 - present day Sanriku Kaigan in Miyagi 宮城県三陸沿岸 to the 岩手県南部 Nanbu area of Iwate.

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Junisho kuchi 十二所口
Obonan kuchi 生保内口
Kaya toge pass 萱峠 between Iwate and Akita, 644 m
Komatsugawa kuchi 小松川口

. Junisho Kaido 十二所街道 .
- Obonai Kaido 生保内街道

. Kesen Michi 気仙道　/ 東浜街道　Higashi Hamakaido .

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. Akita Kaido 秋田街道 Highways in Akita .

Kazuno Kaido 鹿角街道 Kazuno Highway
Connecting Morioka city in Iwate 岩手県盛岡市 via Hachimantai city 八幡平市 with 秋田県鹿角市 Kazuno city and 大館市 Odate city in Akita.

- Postal stations along the Kazuno Kaido
Morioka 盛岡城下 - Iwate
Tando 田頭- Hachimantai
Terada 寺田
Niiya 新谷町
Tayama 田山
Yuze 湯瀬 - (Akita (Kazuno city)
Oxato 大里
Hanawa 花輪
Kanda 神田
Kemanai 毛馬内
Matsuyama 松山
Sawajiri 秋田領沢尻
Junisho 十二所
Ogita 扇田

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Kazuno city (鹿角市, Kazuno-shi)
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The area of present-day Kazuno was settled in prehistoric times, and contains major Jōmon period archaeological sites and numerous burial mounds from the Kofun period. The area was part of ancient Mutsu Province and was ruled by the Nambu clan of Morioka Domain during the Edo period. After the start of the Meiji period, the area became briefly part of Rikuchū Province before being transferred to Akita Prefecture in 1871. It was organized as part of Kazuno District, Akita Prefecture in 1878 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system.
The city of Kazuno
was founded on April 1, 1972 by the merger of the towns of Hanawa, Towada, and Osarizawa and the village of Hachimantai.
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6 Apr 2020

EDO - Nakatsu Kaido

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/02/nakatsu-kaido.html

Nakatsu Kaido

- Postal stations along the Nakatsu Kaido
Nakatsu 中津
Hachiya 八屋
Matsue 松江
Karita 雁田　
Ohashi 大橋
Kanda 苅田
Kokura 小倉

. Buzen Kaido 豊前街道 Buzen Highway .
From Kitagami in Kumamoto to Kokura in Fukuoka.

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source : amanaimages.com/info...
中津街道石坂

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. Hyuga Kaido 日向街道 .
Yamakunibashi 山国橋（福岡県吉富町－大分県中津市）
from Fukuoka, Yoshitomi town to Oita, Nakatsu city

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Nakatsu (中津市, Nakatsu-shi)
a castle town centered on Nakatsu Castle
1587: Kuroda Yoshitaka (Josui) built Nakatsu Castle as a flatland castle near the Yamaguni River.

Hachiya (八屋町, Hachiya-machi)
10 April 1955 - The town of Hachiya and the surrounding 8 villages merged to form the city of Unoshima. The town of Hachiya dissolves.
14 April 1955 - The city's name was renamed to the city of Buzen.

Kanda (苅田町, Kanda-machi)
The town is located approximately 5 miles (8 kilometers) west of Kitakyūshū
The Kanda Float Festival is held annually in mid-September[6]. The festival is famous for its 14 "fighting floats", and has been categorized as an "Intengible Folk Cultural Asset" by the Fukuoka prefecture.

Kokura Prefecture
was founded separately from Fukuoka Prefecture in 1871 when the clan system was abolished. The old wooden-built Kokura Prefectural Office is still standing and is being restored. It is opposite Riverwalk Kitakyūshū. In 1876, Kokura Prefecture was absorbed by Fukuoka Prefecture. The city of Kokura was founded in 1900.

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source : chikujo-rekishi.jp
中津街道と築上町の近代 Present-day Chikujo town and the Nakatsu Highway
Exhibition

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

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中津郡 Nakatsu district

. shiratori 白鳥 a white bird .

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

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EDO - Gujo Kaido Gifu

Edo - the EDOPEDIA -

Gujo Kaido Gifu

Itoshiro is located at the foot of the sacred mountain 白山 Hakusan and the Highway relates to this old pilgrim road.
Part is along the river 長良川 Nagaragawa, which has many bends and curves.
From 美濃市 Mino city to Gujo Hachiman there is a steep valley to cross over the river. In former times pilgrims had to cross many passes and rivers, so this pilgrims road tried to avoid this as much as possible.

- Postal stations along the Guji Kaido
Gifu city 岐阜市
Seki city 関市
Mino city 美濃市
Gujo city Minami town 郡上市美並町
Gujo city Hachiman town 郡上市八幡町
Gujo city Yamato town 郡上市大和町
Gujo city Shirotori 郡上市白鳥町
Itoshiro 石徹白

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Visit Gujo Hachiman !
Experience Japan "Off the Beaten Path" in a truly unique way
Visit Gujo Hachiman and you can expect to be immersed in an authentic small town Japanese experience unique to an "off the beaten path" town. Here the traditional way of living is on a very human scale. People passing each other in the street still greet each other with a small bow, and exchange a passing greeting.
- Spring in Gujo Hachiman
Cherry blossoms are the highlight of the season, and make it well worth the journey to Gujo Hachiman. The cherry blossoms here typically bloom one week later than in Nagoya or Kyoto which means you can extend your chances to see and immerse yourself in what many consider to be the most beautiful time of the season.
- Cherry blossoms at Anyo Ji Temple
You can also experience the magic of cherry blossoms at night in Atago Park where the blooms are lit until late evening each night. This is a very unique way to experience the beautiful pink blooms.
- Jion Ji Temple garden
- Gujo Odori - Mid July to Early September
- Ayu Fishing in the Yoshida or Nagara River - summer
- Plastic Food Replica Stores and Workshops - anytime and unique to Gujo Hachiman!
- source : gujohachiman.com/kanko...

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Gujo Hachiman Castle (郡上八幡城, Gujō-Hachimanjō)
was built in 1559 by the local feudal lord on the top of a hill. Although the castle had been destroyed in the early Meiji Period, it was rebuilt in 1933. Unlike most reconstructed castles, Gujo Hachiman's was rebuilt using wood rather than concrete. However, its interior does not follow its original design.
The castle's hilltop location
provides a beautiful view of the town in the valley below. Maple trees surround the castle and make the area particularly attractive during the autumn leaf season in early to mid November. During this time, the colorful leaves are further showcased by a night time light display.
The castle is located on a hill in the northeastern corner of town.
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大師堂 Daishi Do Temple Hall

Mountain route starting from the Daishido Hall

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Hakusan National Park 白山国立公園
Mt. Hakusan — meaning White Mountain — is considered sacred within the Shinto tradition, and serious climbers in Japan are very fond of it.
Hakusan National Park, where the peak is located, offers natural waterfalls, holy places, onsen hot springs, and a range of flora and fauna.
- A dormant volcano surrounded by seven lakes, the entire area around Mt. Hakusan is a designated national park covering nearly 500 square kilometers and dubbed a "Man and the Biosphere" site by UNESCO.
The park encompasses four mountains over 2,000 meters — Hakusan, 御前峰 Gozengamine, 剣ヶ峰 Kengamine, and 大汝峰 Onanjigamine.
- Hakusan White Road for cars
- source : japan.travel... -

. Hakusan shrines 白山神社 in Japan .
and their annual festivals.

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Nagaragawa 長良川

Ukai 鵜飼 (cormorant fishing) is a traditional fishing method using "u" (Japanese Cormorant) to catch river fish.
On the Nagara River, the ukai season starts at the outset of the ayu (sweetfish) fishing season, held every night from May 11th to October 15th except on the day of the harvest moon or when the river swells.
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. ukai 鵜飼 (うかい) cormorant fishing .
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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

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. Gujo - 妖鬼 Yoki Demon / 鬼人 Kijin Human Demon .

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

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水の鳴る郡上の宿の走り蕎麦
mizu no naru Gujo no yado no hashirisoba

平松公代 Hiramatsu Kimiyo

郡上のなあふくら雀も春駒を
高澤良一 Takazawa Ryoichi

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4 Apr 2020

EDO - Gyotoku Kaido

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2015/10/funabashi-and-gyotoku.html

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Gyotoku Kaido 行徳街道 Gyotoku Highway
From 市川市 Ichikawa city in 千葉県 Chiba to 浦安市 Urayasu town.
Now National Highway Nr. 6.

- quoting the wikipedia
Ichikawa City (市川市, Ichikawa-shi)
The city has a concentration of the wide-area traffic network that connects the center of Tokyo with many areas of Chiba Prefecture. Major rail routes and roads pass through the city.
The area around present-day Ichikawa has been inhabited since the Japanese Paleolithic period.
... During the Nara period, Ichikawa was the provincial capital of Shimōsa Province and is mentioned in the Man'yōshū. During the Heian period, this area was the center of the rebellion by Taira Masakado. During the Sengoku period, it was the site of a major battles (Battle of Kōnodai) between the Satomi clan and the Later Hōjō clan. ...

Urayasu (浦安市, Urayasu-shi)
Urayasu is best known as the home of the Tokyo Disney Resort, which opened in April 1983,
... The area around Urayasu was tenryo territory within Shimōsa Province controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period. Urayasu served as an important fishing village for the Edo capital. Until the industrialization of the city it was a major center of production of nori, an edible seaweed, hamaguri, the common orient clam, and asari, the Japanese cockle. All three are important elements of the traditional Japanese diet.

- map from Ichikawa city -

. Kaido 街道 Highways of Japan .

31 Mar 2020

EDO - Sado Bugyo Kaido

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/02/sado-bugyo-kaido.html

Sado Bugyo Kaido

[ . BACK to DARUMA　MUSEUM　TOP . ]
. Kaido 街道 Highways - ABC Index .
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Sado Bugyo Kaido 佐渡奉行街道 Road for the Governor of Sado Island
Sado Kaido 佐渡街道 Sado Highway
From 本庄 Honjo 埼玉県 Saitama (Nakasendo) to 渋川 Shibukawa, 群馬県 Gunma (Mikuni Kaido).

. Sadogashima 佐渡島 Sado Island - Niigata .
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- Postal stations along the Sado Bugyo Kaido
- - - - - 埼玉県 Saitama
Honjo, Honjō 本庄宿 - Saitama, at the 中山道 Nakasendo
金久保村 Kanakubo village - Saitama, departing from the Nakasendo
Fujiki no Watashi 藤木渡し / 藤木の渡し（烏川 Karasugawa River ）
- - - - - 群馬県 Gunma
Tsunobuchi village 角渕村
Tamamura 玉村宿 - linking to the Nikko Reiheishi Kaido 日光例幣使街道
Soja 総社宿 (Maebashi city 前橋市)
Okubo 大久保宿 - Linking to the Ikaho Kaido 伊香保街道 / Ikaho michi 伊香保道
Yagihara 八木原宿
Shibukawa 渋川宿 - at the 三国街道 Mikuni Kaido

. Nakasendoo　中山道 Nakasendo Highway / Kiso Kaido 木曾街道 .

. Nikko Reiheishi Kaido　日光例幣使街道 for Imperial Messengers .

. Mikuni Kaidō 三国街道 / 三國街道 Mikuni Highway .

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Honjo - by Keisai Eisen

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Honjō-shuku (本庄宿, Honjō-shuku)
It was the largest of the stations in terms of population and number of buildings.
- History
Honjō was the site of Honjō Castle, the stronghold of the Honjō clan since the Kamakura period. The Honjō were destroyed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1590, and the territory came under the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who established in 10,000 koku Honjō Domain, which was ruled by the Ogasawara clan from 1698 to 1612. A honjin was built near the site of the old castle in the northern part of the castle town, which quickly redeveloped itself into a shukuba. Due to the number of travelers, a second honjin was built at the opposite end of town in 1792.
Per an 1843 guidebook issued by the Inspector of Highways (道中奉行, Dōchu-būgyō), the town stretched for about 1.9 kilometers along the highway, with a population of 4554, with 1212 shops. The town boasted two very large scale honjin, two waki-honjin, 475 hatago, as well as 54 establishments whose attraction was primarily meshimori onna.
Honjō-shuku was approximately 22 ri from the starting point of the Nakasendō at Nihonbashi, and was the last stop in Musashi Province.
Very little evidence of the shukuba remains in the modern city of Honjō, but the gate of the first honjin, the Tamura Honjin, remains. On the site of the honjin itself, a police station was built in 1883 in the western-style of architecture of the Meiji period. This too has been preserved as a local history museum.
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Shibukawa city 渋川市
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Shibukawa is in the northern extremity of the Kantō plains of central Gunma Prefecture, encompassing the juncture of the Tone River and Agatsuma River...
Shibukawa is at a central point (36°29′N, 139°00′E) of the Japanese archipelago and is thus known as the Bellybutton of Japan (日本のおへそ, nihon no oheso).
- History
During the Edo period, the area of present-day Shibukawa prospered from its location on the Mikuni Kaidō highway connecting Takasaki with Niigata.
Post stations within the borders of modern Shibukawa were Shibukawa-shuku, Kanai-shuku, Kitamoku-shuku and Yokobori-shuku.
Modern Shibukawa town was created in Nishigunma District, Gunma Prefecture on April 1, 1889 ...
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Shibukawa Kaido 渋川街道 Shibukawa Highway

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Ikaho Kaido 伊香保街道 Ikaho Highway
and the Ikaho sekisho 伊香保関所 Ikaho checkpoint, barrier
Mizusawa 水沢伊香保街道 Ikaho Kaido

From 高崎 Takasaki to 伊香保 Ikaho

- Postal stations along the Ikaho Kaido
Okubo 大久保宿
Noda 野田宿
Kashiwagi 柏木宿

. Takasaki City and Daruma 高崎達磨 .

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Ikaho Jinja 伊香保神社 Ikaho Shrine

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Ikaho Hot Spring
located near Takasaki in Gunma Prefecture.
The famous Ikaho Stone Steps
in the center of town lead up to the top of the main hill, and are lined with many souvenir shops and restaurants. There is also a free foot bath (ashiyu) hot spring outside Kishigon Ryokan, which is about half way up.
At the top is Ikaho Shrine, a nice little shrine that was founded over 1000 years ago.
Ikaho sekisho 伊香保関所 Ikaho checkpoint, barrier
Ikaho Sekisho at the bottom was a former checkpoint in the Edo Period, and is free to enter. The gate has been recreated and there is a little display inside explaining a bit about Ikaho's history and traditional Japanese uniforms and clothing.
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source and more photos : ikahosekisyo...

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There is also the
Mizusawa Udon Kaido 水沢うどん街道 Mizusawa Road to eat Udon noodles

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Mizusawa Udon
Gunma Prefecture is a major production area for quality wheat.
Tasty udon noodles can be enjoyed anywhere in Gunma. Mizusawa udon is famous as one of the three most delicious udon in Japan. Made only from pure water, quality flour, and specially selected salt, it is firm, somewhat thick, and semi-transparent, providing it a unique character. It is generally served cold with dipping soup.
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Sado bugyō (佐渡奉行) Sado Governor
were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate responsible for administration of the mining operations at Sado.
Sado island is the sixth largest in the Japanese archipelago. It is located in the Sea of Japan off the west coast of Echigo Province in northwest Honshu. For much of its pre-modern history, exiles were banished to the island. The island was noted for its deposits of gold and silver since at least the 12th century; however, intensive mining operations did not begin until the opening of the Aikawa Mine in 1601.
This same year,
Sado was placed during the direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, and in 1603 Ōkubo Nagayasu was appointed the first "commissioner". The title was officially Sado daikan until 1618, and bugyō afterwards. The post was occupied by hatamoto assisted by a staff of up to a hundred yoriki and dōshin constables.
The mines at Sado
were worked vigorously; and were a major source of revenue for the early Tokugawa shogunate, producing approximately 100 tons of gold and silver from 1616 to 1627; however, by the 1730s the deposits were largely exhausted and production was less than a ton of silver until the mid-18th century. The post of Sado bugyō was abolished with the Meiji restoration.
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Residence of the Sado Bugyo 佐渡奉行所跡

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

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佐渡市 Sado city

. Dansaburo 団三郎 The Tanuki from Sado .
Tonchibo トンチボ, Tonchiboo トンチボウ Tanuki from Sado
Tonchibo is also a local name for the Deity of the Forest, Yama no Kami 山の神, and thus a taboo word for the local fisherman.

When farmers walk along a road while drunk with sake, the Tonchibo とんちぼ / 頓智坊 likes to surprize them and make them fall into water puddles.
He likes to play his tricks on people, so they take a radio and matches to make fire when entering the forest to work there.
Lately this animal does not find enough food in the forest and comes out to check the fields of farmers too. It is quite a nuisance.
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In 1601 the Sago Bugyo 大久保石見守 Okubo Iwami no Kami built an office in 相川 Aikawa.
He had brought some Tanuki with him from his former domain, 石見の国Iwami no Kuni.
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Around 1660, there was an man named 中沢 Nakazawa at the Sado Governor's office.
In the evening he was very drunk and passed a rock where Dansaburo used to lurk. It was dark and Nakazawa lost his way near 二ツ岩 Futatsuiwa. So he asked Dansaburo to bring him a lantern. A lantern on a stick appeared and it became light as day. A strange person appeared and asked to be venerated like a boss. So Nakazawa stopped working at the Government office.
He built a Shrine for Dansaburo and venerated him there, becoming a Shinto priest himself.
Futatsuiwa Daimyojin 二ツ岩大明神

Dankuro the Fox and Sankichi the Tanuki 団九郎，三吉 from Sado 佐渡
. Sankin Kotai 参勤交代 Daimyo attendance in Edo .

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

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

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佐渡奉行所あとの広場のクローバー
Sado bugyoosho ato no hiroba no kurooba

clover grows
at the open space at the former
Sado Governor's office

富田直治 Tomita Naoji

. kuroobaa クローバー clover, Klee .
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