Tsumago-juku (Nagano)

Tsumago-juku has been restored to its appearance as an Edo-era post town, located in Nagiso,  Nagano Pref. Japan.

The restored row of houses along the former post road.   Most were shops and inns for travelers along the Nakasendō.

Tsumago-juku was the forty-second of the sixty-nine post towns on the Nakasendō which connected Edo with Kyoto.

A former stable of inn

Tsumago-juku has been selected as the conservation district of traditional buildings in Japan.

Former Honjin of Tsumago-juku       The honjin was the main inn of the post town in Edo period.

Kosatsu    Official notice board

Water mill

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