I completed my Nakasendo walk today when I arrived at Kusatsu, the 68th shukuba station.
I started my Nakasendo walk in October 2012; used total 34 days to walk from Nihonbashi in Tokyo to Kusatsu in Shiga Prefecture. As for the walk from Kusatsu to Kyoto, I finished it in my Tokaido walk in May 2015.
It took more than 10 years to finish my Nakasendo walk. I had to The stop walking for more than three years from 2020 to 2022 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
It is very
impressive to finish walking of about 520 kilometers.
Today’s walk started from Yasu City. A monument of Nakasendo stands at the side of elementary school.
I passed Yasu River and entered into Moriyama City.
An old sake brewery called “Uno-ya” is preserved near the ruin of honjin (main inn of Moriyama shukuba station). It is a birthplace of former Japanese Prime Minister Sosuke Uno (served as PM in 1989). (See also the 4th photo)
I moved forward and found a milestone called ichiri-zuka in Imajuku. It is the 128th milestone from Nihonbashi in Tokyo. As milestones were built in every (about) 4 kilometers, Imajuku’s one is about 510 kilometer from Tokyo.
I passed Ritto Town and moved into Kusatsu City.
Nakasendo has been converted into a shopping street around Kusatsu shukuba station.
Naskasendo and Tokaido meet in Kusatsu shukuba station. (See also the 2nd photo)
The main inn (honjin) is preserved as it was in the Edo period. (See also the 3rd photo)
It was my first visit to Kusatsu since 2015, when I stayed here during my Tokaido walk. I was surprised with the changes of the towns.
I found several high-rise apartments behind honjin.
The Kusatsu River used to be a ceiling river. Tunnels were made under the river move between both sides of the river.
The site of former river was a grassland in 2015 when I visited here last time. Now it is a public park. (See also the top photo)
It was more than 400 years ago when Nakasendo was developed by Tokugawa Ieyasu. It continues changing now. The left photo is a merging point of Nakasendo and Tokaido taken from a park developed on the former ceiling river.
Today’s walk started from Yasu City. A monument of Nakasendo stands at the side of elementary school.
I passed Yasu River and entered into Moriyama City.
An old sake brewery called “Uno-ya” is preserved near the ruin of honjin (main inn of Moriyama shukuba station). It is a birthplace of former Japanese Prime Minister Sosuke Uno (served as PM in 1989). (See also the 4th photo)
I moved forward and found a milestone called ichiri-zuka in Imajuku. It is the 128th milestone from Nihonbashi in Tokyo. As milestones were built in every (about) 4 kilometers, Imajuku’s one is about 510 kilometer from Tokyo.
I passed Ritto Town and moved into Kusatsu City.
Nakasendo has been converted into a shopping street around Kusatsu shukuba station.
Naskasendo and Tokaido meet in Kusatsu shukuba station. (See also the 2nd photo)
The main inn (honjin) is preserved as it was in the Edo period. (See also the 3rd photo)
It was my first visit to Kusatsu since 2015, when I stayed here during my Tokaido walk. I was surprised with the changes of the towns.
Number of skyscrapers have been built around the shukuba station (and around the railway station, which is quite near from shukuba station).
I found several high-rise apartments behind honjin.
The shopping street on Nakasendo has well been renovated.
The Kusatsu River used to be a ceiling river. Tunnels were made under the river move between both sides of the river.
An artificial
river was developed in the 21th century and the water stopped running in the
old ceiling river.
The site of former river was a grassland in 2015 when I visited here last time. Now it is a public park. (See also the top photo)
It was more than 400 years ago when Nakasendo was developed by Tokugawa Ieyasu. It continues changing now. The left photo is a merging point of Nakasendo and Tokaido taken from a park developed on the former ceiling river.
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