Nagakubo-shuku (長久保宿 Nagakubo-shuku ) was the twenty-seventh of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō (an historical major road). It is located in the present-day town of Nagawa, in the Chiisagata District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Located between the Wada Pass and the Kasadori Pass, two difficult parts along the Nakasendō, Nagakubo flourished as a post down during the Edo period. As the town developed, its row houses eventually spread to side streets, giving it the rare shape of a key. At its most prosperous time, there were over 45 inns in which travelers could rest, making it a rather large post town.[1]
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