Otai-shuku 小田井宿
| Nakasendō (中山道) | Station 21 of 69 · Nihonbashi (Edo) → Kyoto (via Kusatsu) |
|---|---|
| Present-day location | Miyota, Nagano, Japan |
| Prefecture | Nagano (Chubu region) |
| Distance from Nihonbashi | About 160 km (by the historical station tables) |
| Next station | Iwamurada-shuku — about 4.7 km on |
| Coordinates | 36.30617° N, 138.49711° E |
Otai-shuku (小田井宿, Otai-shuku) was the twenty-first of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day town of Miyota, in the Kitasaku District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
History
Otai-shuku originated between 473 and 492 AD and developed into a post town over one thousand years later, during the Keichō era. Because Otai-shuku was small there were only five rest areas in the entire post town, daimyōs tended to stay at the neighboring Oiwake-shuku, which was much larger. The Otai-shuku Festival was established to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the post town; this festival takes place on August 16 of each year.
Neighboring post towns
- Nakasendō
- Oiwake-shuku - Otai-shuku - Iwamurada-shuku
Text adapted from the English Wikipedia article Otai-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).
