Wada-shuku (和田宿 Wada-shuku) was the twenty-eighth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. Its present-day location is in the Wada section of the town of Nagawa, in the Chiisagata District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Located at an elevation of 820 m (2,690 ft), at the entrance to the Wada Pass, it was considered a quiet mountain town. Because Shimosuwa-juku, the next post town, was over 20 km (12 mi) away, it flourished with over 150 buildings to accommodate all of the travelers and their pack animals.
Presently, there are remains of both the honjin and original houses, which are being restored and preserved. The area has also long been known for its vast resources of obsidian.[1]
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