Ōshū Kaidō

The Ōshū Kaidō (奥州街道) was one of the centrally administered five routes of the Edo period.

It was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu for government officials traveling through the area.

In addition to the established use of traveling from Edo to Mutsu Province, there were also many roads that connected from the Ōshū Kaidō.

One such sub-route was the Sendaidō (仙台道), which connected Mutsu Province with Sendai.

[2] The 27 stations of the Ōshū Kaidō are listed below in order and are divided by their modern-day prefecture.