Mito Kaidō

Mito Kaidō (水戸街道) was an old kaidō in Japan and a subroute to the Edo Five Routes. It was built to connect Edo with Mito in modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture. Travelers from Edo called it Mito Kaidō, but travelers from Mito called it Edo Kaidō. The kaidō's path is traced by the modern National Route 6.^[1]

Stations of the Mito Kaidō

Tokyo

Hokusai's ukiyo-e of Senju-shuku in the early 19th century

1. Senju-shuku (千住宿) (Adachi) (also part of the Nikkō Kaidō)

2.Nijuku (新宿) (Katsushika)

Chiba Prefecture

3. Matsudo-shuku (松戸宿) (Matsudo)

4. Kogane-shuku (小金宿) (Matsudo)

5. Abiko-shuku (我孫子宿) (Abiko)

Ibaraki Prefecture

6. Toride-shuku (取手宿) (Toride)

7. Fujishiro-shuku (藤代宿) (Toride)

8. Wakashiba-shuku (若柴宿) (Ryūgasaki)

9. Ushiku-shuku (牛久宿) (Ushiku)

10. Arakawaoki-shuku (荒川沖宿) (Tsuchiura)

11. Nakamura-shuku (中村宿) (Tsuchiura)

12. Tsuchiura-shuku (土浦宿) (Tsuchiura)

13. Nakanuki-shuku (中貫宿) (Tsuchiura)

14. Inayoshi-shuku (稲吉宿) (Kasumigaura)

15. Fuchū-shuku (府中宿) (Ishioka)

16. Takehara-shuku (竹原宿) (Omitama)

17. Katakura-shuku (片倉宿) (Omitama)

18. Obata-shuku (小幡宿) (Ibaraki, Higashiibaraki District)

19. Nagaoka-shuku (長岡宿) (Ibaraki, Higashiibaraki District)

20. Mito-shuku (水戸宿) (Mito)

See also

• Kaidō
• Edo Five Routes

References