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Nakasendō · Station 22 of 69
Iwamurada-shuku 岩村田宿
| Nakasendō (中山道) | Station 22 of 69 · Nihonbashi (Edo) → Kyoto (via Kusatsu) |
|---|---|
| Present-day location | Saku, Nagano, Japan |
| Prefecture | Nagano (Chubu region) |
| Distance from Nihonbashi | About 165 km (by the historical station tables) |
| Next station | Shionada-shuku — about 5.1 km on |
| Coordinates | 36.2726° N, 138.4783° E |
Iwamurada-shuku (岩村田宿, Iwamurada-shuku) was the twenty-second of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Saku, in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
History
Originally, Iwamurada-shuku was a castle town for the Iwamurada Han and, as a post town, it never developed a proper honjin, though it did have some smaller inns.
Neighboring Post Towns
- Nakasendō
- Otai-shuku - Iwamurada-shuku - Shionada-shuku
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Text adapted from the English Wikipedia article Iwamurada-shuku by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Station facts cross-checked with the road station lists (Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Wikidata (CC0).
