Nagasaki Kaidō
# Nagasaki Kaidō

The Nagasaki Kaidō (長崎街道) was a road across Kyūshū from Kokura to Nagasaki, used by daimyōs for the sankin-kōtai, and also by the chief of the Dutch trading post at Nagasaki on whom a similar obligation of visiting the shōgun was imposed. The route stretched 228 km and took travelers approximately one week.

## Stations of the Nagasaki Kaidō

The Nagasaki Kaidō's 25 post stations, as listed in 1705, are listed below with their modern-day municipalities indicated beside them. Travelers visiting Naruse-shuku and Shiota-shuku would avoid Kitagata-shuku and Tsukasaki-shuku.

### Fukuoka Prefecture

    Starting Location: Tokiwabashi (常盤橋) (Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyūshū)
    1. Kurosaki-shuku (黒崎宿) (Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyūshū)
    2. Koyanose-shuku (木屋瀬宿) (Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyūshū)
    3. Iizuka-shuku (飯塚宿) (Iizuka)
    4. Uchino-shuku (内野宿) (Iizuka)
    5. Yamae-shuku (山家宿) (Chikushino)
    6. Haruda-shuku (原田宿) (Chikushino)

### Saga Prefecture

    7. Tashiro-shuku (田代宿) (Tosu)
    8. Todoroki-shuku (轟木宿) (Tosu）
    9. Nakabaru-shuku (中原宿) (Miyaki, Miyaki District)
    10. Kanzaki-shuku (神埼宿) (Kanzaki)
    11. Sakaibaru-shuku (境原宿) (Kanzaki)
    12. Saga-shuku (佐賀宿) (Saga)
    13. Ushizu-shuku (牛津宿) (Ogi)
    14. Oda-shuku (小田宿) (Kōhoku, Kishima District)
    15. Kitagata-shuku (北方宿) or Naruse-shuku (鳴瀬宿) (Takeo)
    16. Tsukasaki-shuku (塚崎宿) or Shiota-shuku (塩田宿) (Takeo)
    17. Ureshino-shuku (嬉野宿) (Ureshino)

### Nagasaki Prefecture

    18. Sonogi-shuku (彼杵宿) (Higashisonogi, Higashisonogi District)
    19. Matsubara-shuku (松原宿) (Ōmura)
    20. Ōmura-shuku (大村宿) (Ōmura)
    21. Eishō-shuku (永昌宿) (Isahaya)
    22. Yagami-shuku (矢上宿) (Nagasaki)
    23. Himi-shuku (日見宿) (Nagasaki)
    Ending Location: Nagasaki
