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Christmas in Kiso
December 29th, 2010 | Add a Comment
Sorry I’ve been too busy to blog recently! There were five highways created during the Edo period to traverse the central region of Honshu and particularly the distance between the old imperial capital Kyoto and the Shogunate power centre of Edo (Tokyo). Many will know the 53 stations of the Tokaido from Hiroshige’s woodblock prints. This was the busiest route along the coast and now carries the bullet train on the Tokyo-Nagoya-Kyoto-Osaka route. The Nakasendo cut inland … Read entire article »
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