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How People Actually Traveled in Edo Japan: Inns, Luggage, and Life on the Road
When people imagine travel in Edo-period Japan, they often picture elegant woodblock prints: travelers in straw hats walking beneath Mount Fuji, crossing bridges, or stopping…
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Walking the historic Nakasendo in Tokyo: From Nihonbashi to Sugamo
In the Edo period, every journey on the Nakasendo began in the same place: Nihonbashi. Before travelers reached the mountain roads, post towns, and famous…
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Life in the post towns of edo: travel along japan’s historic roads
If you were traveling through Japan during the Edo period, you wouldn’t just be walking endlessly from one place to another. Your journey would be…
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Exploring Edo Japan’s Five Historical Highways
If you stand on the bridge at Nihonbashi today, it feels like just another busy part of Tokyo. Cars, expressways, people moving past without thinking…