Nagasaki Kaidō

Tokiwa-Bridge in Kokura on the Nagasaki Kaidō

Nagasaki Road near Magari (Kokura)

Map of the Nagasaki Kaidō made by Engelbert Kaempfer in 1690/91 (The History of Japan. London 1727)

Dutch trading post chief and his entourage (The History of Japan)

The Nagasaki Kaidō (長崎街道) was a road across Kyūshū from Kokura to Nagasaki, used by daimyo for the sankin kotai, and also by the chief of the Dutch trading post at Nagasaki on whom a similar obligation of visiting the Shogun was imposed. The route stretched 228 km and took travelers approximately one week.^[1]

Stations of the Nagasaki Kaidō

The Nagasaki Kaidō's 25 post stations, as listed in 1705, are listed below with their modern-day municipalities indicated beside them.^[1] Travelers visiting Naruse-shuku and Shiota-shuku would avoid Kitagata-shuku and Tsukasaki-shuku.

Fukuoka Prefecture

Starting Location: Tokiwabashi (常盤橋) (Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyūshū)

1. Kurosaki-shuku (黒崎宿) (Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyūshū)

2. Koyanose-shuku (木屋瀬宿) (Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyūshū)

3. Iizuka-shuku (飯塚宿) (Iizuka)

4. Uchino-shuku (内野宿) (Iizuka)

5. Yamae-shuku (山家宿) (Chikushino)

6. Haruda-shuku (原田宿) (Chikushino)

Saga Prefecture

7. Tashiro-shuku (田代宿) (Tosu)

8. Todoroki-shuku (轟木宿) (Tosu）

9. Nakabaru-shuku (中原宿) (Miyaki, Miyaki District)

10. Kanzaki-shuku (神埼宿) (Kanzaki)

11. Sakaibaru-shuku (境原宿) (Kanzaki)

12. Saga-shuku (佐賀宿) (Saga)

13. Ushizu-shuku (牛津宿) (Ogi)

14. Oda-shuku (小田宿) (Kōhoku, Kishima District)

15. Kitagata-shuku (北方宿) or Naruse-shuku (鳴瀬宿) (Takeo)

16. Tsukasaki-shuku (塚崎宿) or Shiota-shuku (塩田宿) (Takeo)

17. Ureshino-shuku (嬉野宿) (Ureshino)

Nagasaki Prefecture

18. Sonogi-shuku (彼杵宿) (Higashisonogi, Higashisonogi District)

19. Matsubara-shuku (松原宿) (Ōmura)

20. Ōmura-shuku (大村宿) (Ōmura)

21. Eishō-shuku (永昌宿) (Isahaya)

22. Yagami-shuku (矢上宿) (Nagasaki)

23. Himi-shuku (日見宿) (Nagasaki)

Ending Location: Nagasaki

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