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Matsuida-shuku 松井田宿
| Nakasendō (中山道) | Station 16 of 69 · Nihonbashi (Edo) → Kyoto (via Kusatsu) |
|---|---|
| Present-day location | Annaka, Gunma, Japan |
| Prefecture | Gunma (Kanto region) |
| Distance from Nihonbashi | About 126 km (by the historical station tables) |
| Next station | Sakamoto-shuku — about 9.5 km on |
| Coordinates | 36.3152° N, 138.7964° E |
Matsuida-shuku (松井田宿, Matsuida-shuku) was the sixteenth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, at the foot of Mount Myōgi.
Travel towards Kyoto
Usuinoseki Checkpoint was one of the four major checkpoints along the Nakasendō and was between Matsuida-shuku and Sakamoto-shuku. Travelers who wanted to avoid this checkpoint could make use of a hime kaidō that would take them over the mountains and to Oiwake-shuku, the twentieth station on the Nakasendō.
Neighboring Post Towns
- Nakasendō
- Annaka-shuku - Matsuida-shuku - Sakamoto-shuku
Text adapted from the English Wikipedia article Matsuida-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).
