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Nojiri-juku 野尻宿
| Nakasendō (中山道) | Station 40 of 69 · Nihonbashi (Edo) → Kyoto (via Kusatsu) |
|---|---|
| Present-day location | Okuwa, Nagano, Japan |
| Prefecture | Nagano (Chubu region) |
| Distance from Nihonbashi | About 303 km (by the historical station tables) |
| Next station | Midono-juku — about 10.1 km on |
| Coordinates | 35.67403° N, 137.63831° E |
Nojiri-juku (野尻宿, Nojiri-juku) was the fortieth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, as well as the eighth of eleven stations on the Kisoji. It is located in the present-day village of Ōkuwa, in the Kiso District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
History
Nojiri-juku was the longest post town along the Kisoji, after Narai-juku. Because of all the turns in the road, though, it was often called "Nana-mawari (七回り)," which means "seven turns." However, there was a large fire in 1791, which destroyed much of the post town.
Neighboring post towns
- Nakasendō & Kisoji
- Suhara-juku – Nojiri-juku – Midono-juku
Text adapted from the English Wikipedia article Nojiri-juku (Nakasendō) 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).
