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.

[1] The Nagasaki Kaidō's 25 post stations, as listed in 1705, are listed below with their modern-day municipalities indicated beside them.

[1] Travelers visiting Naruse-shuku and Shiota-shuku would avoid Kitagata-shuku and Tsukasaki-shuku.

Tokiwa-Bridge in Kokura on the Nagasaki Kaidō
Nagasaki Road near Magari (Kokura)
Uchino-shuku in Iizuka
The street art of Iizuka-shuku in Higashimachi Shopping Arcade, Iizuka
Map of the Nagasaki Kaidō made by Engelbert Kaempfer in 1690–91 ( The History of Japan . London 1727)
Dutch trading post chief and his entourage ( The History of Japan )