The Nakasendō was an ancient road built in the early 1600s at the start of the Edo period. Originally created as a postal route, it connected Kyoto and Tokyo.
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Cedar trees line 37 kilometers along three roads, Nikko Kaido, Reiheishi Kaido and Aizu Nishi Kaido. These three roads meet at Imaichijuku, just before Nikko.
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Eisen, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi: all three represented this main route that wound through the mountains, connecting Edo and Kyoto.
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In the 1650s, a Buddhist priest and his companion set out from Tokyo, then called Edo, on a several hundred mile walk west along Japan's...
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After his victory in Sekigahara (1600), Ieyasu Tokugawa began developing roads that connected Edo (former Tokyo) to the entire country,...
66 months ago

In Tokyo, you can walk from some of the most iconic outdoor and spacious attractions to lesser-known discoveries, including Nezu Shrine.
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Japan's five richest domains in the Edo period (1603–1868) included Kaga in what is now Ishikawa Prefecture and Satsuma (Kagoshima Prefecture), which was the...
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A successful pacifist run as Oboromaru in Live A Live rewards you with a powerful sword called Mutsunokami along with the Lacquered Medicine Box.
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The Edo Past and Present Wanderings app appeals not only to old map buffs, but to anyone with a sense of adventure.
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The undisputed last great master of ukiyo-e was Utagawa Hiroshige. He is best known for the many series he created of bucolic landscapes,...
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