Ai no shuku
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Ai no Shuku (間の宿 mid-station?) were unofficial post stations along historical routes in Japan. These post stations formed organically along routes (such as the Nakasendō) when the distance between two places was too far or when there were difficult passes nearby. Because they were not officially designated rest areas, travelers along the roads were not allowed to stay in these post stations. Sometimes the Japanese is shortened to 間宿.
[edit] Notable ai no shuku
- Tōkaidō
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- Ninomiya-shuku (between Ōiso-juku and Odawara-juku)
- Hatake-shuku (between Odawara-juku and Hakone-juku)
- Iwabuchi-shuku (between Yoshiwara-juku and Kanbara-juku)
- Kikugawa-shuku (between Kanaya-juku and Nissaka-shuku)
- Moto-juku (between Akasaka-juku and Fujikawa-shuku)
- Nakasendō
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- Fukiage-shuku (between Kōnosu-shuku and Kumagai-shuku) (Kōnosu, Saitama Prefecture)
- Motai-shuku (between Mochizuki-shuku and Ashida-shuku) (Saku, Nagano Prefecture)
- Shinkanō-shuku (between Unuma-juku and Kanō-juku) (Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture)
