Side Street - Wakikaido

Japanese: 脇街道 - わきかいどう

Also called a side road or side street. In the Edo period, a side road was a branch road to the Five Highways and the roads that were attached to them (Main Highways) that were under the jurisdiction of the Road Magistrate. The main side roads were extensions or branches of the Five Highways. The main ones were the Iseji Route, which runs from Yokkaichi on the Tokaido to Ise Naigu, the Hime Kaido, which bypasses the northern shore of Lake Hamana without crossing Imakiriwatashi, the Chugoku Route, which runs from Osaka to Kokura in Buzen, the Sado Route, the Hokkoku Route, the Ushu Kaido, and the Mikuni Kaido. The Nikko Reiheishi Kaido was also a side road. →Roads→Related topics Iga Kaido | Okubo Nagayasu | Nagasaki Route | Honjin | Mino Route

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Japanese:

脇往還，脇道とも。江戸時代道中奉行が管轄した五街道とそれに付道する道（本街道）に対する支街道。主要な脇街道は五街道からの延長道や分岐道であった。東海道四日市より伊勢内宮に至る伊勢路，今切渡を渡らないで浜名湖の北岸を迂回(うかい)する姫街道，大坂から山陽地方を縦断して豊前(ぶぜん)小倉に至る中国路ほか佐渡路，北国(ほっこく)路，羽州街道，三国(みくに)街道などが主要なもの。日光例幣使街道も脇往還。→街道
→関連項目伊賀街道｜大久保長安｜長崎路｜本陣｜美濃路

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