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Nakasendō · Station 17 of 69
Sakamoto-shuku 坂本宿
| Nakasendō (中山道) | Station 17 of 69 · Nihonbashi (Edo) → Kyoto (via Kusatsu) |
|---|---|
| Present-day location | Kōzuke Province, Gunma, Japan |
| Prefecture | Gunma (Kanto region) |
| Distance from Nihonbashi | About 135 km (by the historical station tables) |
| Next station | Karuisawa-shuku — about 11.6 km on |
| Coordinates | 36.3498° N, 138.7175° E |
Sakamoto-shuku (坂本宿, Sakamoto-shuku) was the seventeenth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
History
Sakamoto-shuku is located at the eastern entrance to the Usui Pass. During the Edo period, there were a total of four honjin and sub-honjin combined. There were an additional 40 other buildings for travelers to use, making it a comparatively large station along the Nakasendō.
Neighboring post towns
- Nakasendō
- Matsuida-shuku - Sakamoto-shuku - Karuisawa-shuku
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Text adapted from the English Wikipedia article Sakamoto-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).
