Iwamurada-shuku
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Keisai Eisen's print of Iwamurada-shuku, part of the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō
Iwamurada-shuku (岩村田宿, Iwamurada-shuku) was the twenty-second of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Saku, in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
History[]
Originally, Iwamurada-shuku was a castle town for the Iwamurada Han and, as a post town, it never developed a proper honjin, though it did have some smaller inns.[1]
Neighboring Post Towns[]
- Nakasendō
- Otai-shuku - Iwamurada-shuku - Shionada-shuku
References[]
- ^ Shinshū no Kaidō Tanbō: Nakasendō. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Accessed August 10, 2007.
Coordinates: 36°16′21″N 138°28′42″E / 36.2726°N 138.4783°E
Categories:
- Stations of the Nakasendō
- Stations of the Nakasendo in Nagano Prefecture