Shionada-shuku is located on the eastern bank of the Shinano River, just across from Yawata-shuku.
Yawata | Oiwake-shuku | Motai-shuku | Karuisawa-shuku | Yawata-shuku | Yawata, Kyoto | Matsuida-shuku | Bombing of Yawata |
:(Motai-shuku was an ai no shuku located between Mochizuki-shuku and Ashida-shuku.)
The delay at the rendezvous had resulted in clouds and drifting smoke from fires started by a major firebombing raid by 224 B-29s on nearby Yawata the previous day covering 70% of the area over Kokura, obscuring the aiming point.
The Japanese city of Yawata (which was incorporated into the larger city of Kitakyushu in 1963) was subjected to three major air raids during World War II.
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.
Born in Kyoto, Hayakari attended Kyoto Yawata High School and later graduated from Doshisha University with a degree in business studies.
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.
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.
The city was founded on November 1, 1977 and currently has a sister city in Milan, Ohio