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Suhara-juku 須原宿

Okuwa, Nagano, JapanAbout 296 km from Nihonbashi
Suhara-juku
Suhara-juku (須原宿) — woodblock printWoodblock print: Utagawa Hiroshige — from The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
Nakasendō (中山道)Station 39 of 69 · Nihonbashi (Edo) → Kyoto (via Kusatsu)
Present-day locationOkuwa, Nagano, Japan
PrefectureNagano (Chubu region)
Distance from NihonbashiAbout 296 km (by the historical station tables)
Next stationNojiri-juku — about 7.2 km on
Coordinates35.69584° N, 137.69237° E

Suhara-juku (須原宿, Suhara-juku) was the thirty-ninth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, as well as the seventh 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

Of all of the post towns along the Kisoji, Suhara was the first one to be established, though originally at a different location. After the town was washed away by a major flood in 1717, it was moved to its present location.

Neighboring post towns

Nakasendō & Kisoji
Agematsu-juku - Suhara-juku - Nojiri-juku
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Text adapted from the English Wikipedia article Suhara-juku 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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