Magome-juku

Magome-juku

馬籠宿
post station
Hiroshige's print of Magome-juku, part of the Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series
General information
LocationNakatsugawa, Gifu (former Mino Province)
Japan
Coordinates35°31′36.39″N 137°34′05.04″E / 35.5267750°N 137.5680667°E / 35.5267750; 137.5680667
Elevation611 meters
Line(s)Nakasendō
Distance326.7 km from Edo
Location
Magome-juku is located in Gifu Prefecture
Magome-juku
Magome-juku
Location within Gifu Prefecture
Magome-juku is located in Japan
Magome-juku
Magome-juku
Magome-juku (Japan)

Magome-juku (馬籠宿, Magome-juku) was the forty-third of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It is located in former Mino Province in what is now part of the city of Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It was also the last of eleven stations along the Kisoji, which was the precursor to a part of the Nakasendō, running through the Kiso Valley. [1]

  1. ^ Gifu Sightseeing Guide: Walking Amidst History and Nature. Gifu Prefecture Tourist Federation. Accessed July 10, 2007.