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Nakasendō · Station 11 of 69

Shinmachi-shuku 新町宿

Takasaki, Gunma, JapanAbout 93.6 km from Nihonbashi
Shinmachi-shuku
Shinmachi-shuku (新町宿) — woodblock printWoodblock print: Utagawa Hiroshige — from The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
Nakasendō (中山道)Station 11 of 69 · Nihonbashi (Edo) → Kyoto (via Kusatsu)
Present-day locationTakasaki, Gunma, Japan
PrefectureGunma (Kanto region)
Distance from NihonbashiAbout 93.6 km (by the historical station tables)
Next stationKuragano-shuku — about 5.9 km on
Coordinates36.2766° N, 139.1086° E

Shinmachi-shuku (新町宿, Shinmachi-shuku) was the eleventh of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

History

Though Shinmachi-shuku is the eleventh post station on the Nakasendō, it was the last station to be developed.

Neighboring post towns

Nakasendō
Honjō-shuku - Shinmanchi-shuku - Kuragano-shuku
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Text adapted from the English Wikipedia article Shinmachi-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).

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