Nikko Road

Japanese: 日光道中 - にっこうどうちゅう

One of the five main roads. Also known as the Nikko Kaido. It is 37 ri and a half (about 148 km) long, from Edo Nihonbashi to Nikko via Utsunomiya. It has 21 stops (23 if Tokujiro is counted as 3 stops). The route up to Utsunomiya overlaps with the Oshu Dochu. It was considered important as a route for the shogun and various feudal lords to make pilgrimages to Nikko. Other routes used for pilgrimages included the Nikko Onari Road, which runs from Oji to Kawaguchi to Iwatsuki and joins this main road at Satte, and the Mibu Road, which runs from Oyama to Mibu and joins at Imaichi.
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Japanese:

五街道の一つ。日光街道とも。江戸日本橋から宇都宮を経て日光に至る37里半（約148km）。21宿（徳次郎を３宿とすれば23宿）を置く。宇都宮までは奥州道中と重複。将軍や諸大名の日光社参の道として重要視された。また社参に用いられた街道はほかに王子〜川口〜岩槻(いわつき)から幸手(さって)で本街道と合する日光御成(おなり)道，小山〜壬生(みぶ)から今市で合する壬生通などがあった。
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