:(Motai-shuku was an ai no shuku located between Mochizuki-shuku and Ashida-shuku.)
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The area received its name, which roughly means "desirable moon," because it used to give horses to the Imperial Court and the shogunate on the day of the full moon on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, according to the old calendar.
Shinichi Mochizuki | Oiwake-shuku | Motai-shuku | Karuisawa-shuku | Yūko Mochizuki | Yawata-shuku | ''Mochizuki'' (bottom) and seaplane tender Japanese seaplane tender Kiyokawa Maru | ''Mochizuki'' | Mochizuki | Matsuida-shuku |
The place that was originally called Karuisawa is, in actuality, approximately two to three kilometers from the post town, which is located at the western entrance to the Usui Pass.
Kutsukake-shuku, along with the neighboring Karuisawa-shuku and Oiwake-shuku, was one of the Sengenmi Shuku ("three shallow passes").
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This post town's name, which roughly translates to "stuck shoes," came about because it was located near the western entrance to the difficult Usui Pass.
On July 1, 2001 he defeated Mochizuki for the British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship and on August 14, he, Dragon Kid and Ryo Saito won the UWA World Trios Championship from Crazy MAX.
Mochizuki Chiyome is featured as a character in the video game Red Ninja: End of Honor, in the video game series Samurai Warriors (as a trainer of the character Kunoichi in Samurai Warriors and appearing as a leader of the kunoichi bodyguards in Samurai Warriors 2), and in the video game Sangoku Heroes.
Mochizuki was born on Ōsakikamijima, an island in the Seto Inland Sea, now part of Hiroshima Prefecture, where his father was an entrepreneur and ship owner.
Though not a neighboring post town, Matsuida-shuku also provides a direct connection to Oiwake-shuku along the Nakasendō, by way of a minor hime kaidō.
Shionada-shuku is located on the eastern bank of the Shinano River, just across from Yawata-shuku.