Iwaki Highway - Iwaki Highway

…Of the Hitachi highways, the Mito Highway (Edo Highway) was the most important, even though it was a side road, and had post stations in Toride, Ushiku, Tsuchiura, Nagaoka, and other places. The Iwaki Highway ran from Mito to Oshu via Hamadori and the site of Nakoso Barrier, and other side roads crisscrossed the area, including Nangō, Nasu, Yūki, Utsunomiya, and Iinuma. In terms of water transportation, Hiragata (present-day Kitaibaraki City) and Nakaminato, which face the Pacific Ocean, flourished as ports of call for transporting goods from the Oshu feudal domains to Edo. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Iwaki Kaido" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…常陸の街道としては脇街道ながら水戸街道(江戸街道)が最も重要で，取手，牛久，土浦，長岡などに宿駅があった。水戸から浜通り，勿来（なこそ）関址を経て奥州に通ずるのは岩城（いわき）街道で，このほか南郷，那須，結城･宇都宮，飯沼などの脇街道が縦横に走っていた。水上交通では太平洋に面する平潟(現，北茨城市)や那珂湊（なかみなと）が奥州諸藩の物資を江戸に輸送する際の寄港地として栄えた。…

※「岩城街道」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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