I walked Koshu Kaido from Fuchu to Hino, the 5th shukuba station from Nihonbashi. It was a nice autumn day.
I visited a historical tomb in Kumano Shrine along Koshu Kaido in Fuchu. It was built in the 7th century and is about 30 meter square in the first layer and hemisphere part on it.
I moved into Kunitachi City and visited Yaho Tenmangu Shrine along the street. Chickens were walking on the fallen leaves.
I walked through Tachikawa City and crossed Tamagawa River. There was no bridge in the Edo era and people crossed the river by boats. The monument of crossing point showed the history.
I moved into Hino City. Honjin or the main guest house still remains. It was the only main guest house of Edo era’s shukuba reserved in Tokyo.
The garden from a room was impressive. A tourist in the Edo ear might have seen same scene.
Chofu, Fuchu and Hino were home towns of Shinsengumi, a famous soldier group which fought for Tokugawa government against ant-Tokugawa group (which eventually achieved the Meiji Revolution) at the end of Tokugawa period (1850-60s). They lost the battle and main members were killed in the battlefield or executed later. Various historical monuments of Shinsengumi remain in the area.
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