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"街道自転車旅" (Kaido Bicycle Trips) !

This website has the information about "Gokaido" (Edo Five Routes) and my travelogues of "Gokaido" (Tokaido, Nakasendo, Koshu-kaido, Nikko-kaido, and Oshu-kaido) by bicycle.

Last updated date (English pages)
January 19, 2019

The loction of right picture : Seki-juku
(The 47th of the Tokaido 53 stations, Mie Pref.)

What is "Gokaido" (Edo Five Routes) ?

The Edo Five Routes (五街道 Gokaido), sometimes translated as "Edo Five Highways", were the five centrally administered routes (kaido), that connected the capital of Japan at Edo (the former name of Tokyo) with the outer provinces during the Edo period (1603-1868).

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My travelogues of "Gokaido" (Edo Five Routes)  (written in Japanese)
　
Tokaido
(about 490 km)
53 or 57 stations		 July 31 and
August 1-2 and 4-5, 2013		 Sanjo-ohashi (Kyoto)
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Nihonbashi (Edo, former name of Tokyo)
Nakasendo
(about 540 km)
69 stations		 March 18-21 and
November 22-24, 2014		 Sanjo-ohashi (Kyoto)
↓
Nihonbashi (Edo)
Koshu-kaido
(about 210 km)
32 - 45 stations		 March 21-24, 2014 Shimosuwa-shuku (Nagano Pref.)
↓
Nihonbashi (Edo)
Nikko-kaido
(about 140 km)
21 stations		 August 18 and 20, 2014 Nihonbashi (Edo)
↓
Nikko Tosho-gu (Tochigi Pref.)
Oshu-kaido
(about 190 km)
29 stations		 August 18-19, 2014 Nihonbashi (Edo)
↓
On-naishi Oiwake (Shirakawa, Fukushima Pref.)


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