Kiso Highway 69 Stations - Kiso Highway 69 Stations

...Starting from Itabashi-shuku, northwest of Edo, it passed through Musashi, Ueno, Shinano, and Mino, and the last post station was Moriyama-shuku in Omi, before joining the Tokaido at Kusatsu-shuku and reaching Kyoto via Otsu. There are 67 posts from Itabashi to Moriyama, but it is usually called the 69th station of the Kiso Kaido, including Kusatsu and Otsu. There were difficult spots on the way, such as Usui Pass, Wada Pass, and Torii Pass, and checkpoints were set up at Usui (Yokokawa) and Fukushima. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Kiso Kaido 69 Stations" is listed below.

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…江戸の北西の板橋宿を起宿として武蔵，上野，信濃，美濃を経，近江の守山宿を最後の宿として草津宿で東海道に合し，大津を経て京都に達する。板橋より守山まで67宿であるが，通常は草津，大津を加えて木曾街道六十九駅などという。途中に碓氷峠，和田峠，鳥居峠などの難所があり，碓氷(横川)，福島には関所が置かれた。…

※「木曾街道六十九駅」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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