Nakahara Road

Japanese: 中原道 - なかはらどう

A road that traveled southwest from Edo, crossed the Tama River at the Mariko ferry, passed through Kosugi and Saedo in Musashi Province, Seya and Yoda in Sagami Province, crossed the Sagami River, and reached Nakahara (present-day Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture), where it joined the Tokaido at Hiratsuka. Opened in the early modern period, this almost straight road was also called the Edo Highway, and was also called the Gosū Highway because vinegar, a specialty of Nakahara, was transported to Edo. It is said that Tokugawa Ieyasu passed through it when he entered Edo, and he continued to use it for falconry and other activities, and palaces were built in Kosugi and Nakahara as accommodation facilities. As the Tokaido was improved, traffic volume decreased and the palaces were abandoned, but they continued to function as a route for transporting goods. In 1671, a dispute arose between Saedo and Nakayama over the relay of baggage.
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Japanese:

江戸から南西行して丸子(まりこ)渡しで多摩川を渡り，武蔵国の小杉・佐江戸，相模国の瀬谷(せや)・用田(ようだ)などを経て相模川を渡って中原（現神奈川県平塚市）に至り，さらに平塚で東海道に合流した道。近世初期に開設されたほぼ直線状の街道で，江戸街道ともいわれ，中原特産の酢が江戸に運ばれたことから御酢街道ともよばれた。徳川家康が江戸入部の際通行したといい，その後も鷹狩などに利用，小杉・中原には休泊用の施設である御殿も設けられた。東海道の整備とともに交通量は減少し，御殿も廃されたが，その後は物資運搬路として機能した。1671年に佐江戸と中山の間で荷物継立をめぐる争論が起こった。
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