The Ushū Kaidō (羽州街道) was a subroute of the Ōshū Kaidō and the Sendaidō in Japan. It breaks off from the Sendaidō at Kōri-juku in the modern-day Koori in Fukushima Prefecture. It connects to Aburakawa-juku along Matsumaedō, the other subroute of the Ōshū Kaidō. It is traced by National Routes 13 and 7. It was established after Tokugawa Ieyasu called for the construction of routes connecting the capital of Edo (now Tokyo) with other parts of Japan.
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Stations of the Ushū Kaidō
The 57 post stations along the Ushū Kaidō are listed below in order and are divided by their modern-day prefecture. The present day municipality is listed afterwards in parentheses. (Actual post stations are indicated with numbers. Ai no shuku are indicated with bullets.)
Fukushima Prefecture
Starting location: Kōri-juku (桑折宿) (Koori, Date District) (also part of the Sendaidō)1. Kosaka-juku (小坂宿) (Kunimi, Date District)Miyagi Prefecture
2. Kamitozawa-juku (上戸沢宿) (Shiroishi)3. Shimotozawa-juku (下戸沢宿) (Shiroishi)4. Watarase-juku (渡瀬宿) (Shichikashuku, Katta District)5. Seki-juku (関宿) (Shichikashuku, Katta District)6. Nametsu-juku (滑津宿) (Shichikashuku, Katta District)7. Tōgeta-juku (峠田宿) (Shichikashuku, Katta District)8. Yunohara-juku (湯原宿) (Shichikashuku, Katta District)Yamagata Prefecture
Akita Prefecture
21. Innai-juku (院内宿) (Yuzawa)22. Yokobori-juku (横堀宿) (Yuzawa)23. Yuzawa-juku (湯沢宿) (Yuzawa)24. Yokote-juku (横手宿) (Yokote)25. Kanezawa-juku (金沢宿) (Yokote)26. Rokugō-juku (六郷宿) (Misato, Senboku District)27. Ōmagari-juku (大曲宿) (Daisen)28. Jingūji-juku (神宮寺宿) (Daisen)29. Kariwano-juku (刈和野宿) (Daisen)Aomori Prefecture
52. Ikarigaseki-juku (碇ヶ関宿) (Hirakawa)53. Ōwani-juku (大鰐宿) (Ōwani, Minamitsugaru District)54. Hirosaki-juku (弘前宿) (Hirosaki)55. Fujisaki-juku (藤崎宿) (Fujisaki, Minamitsugaru District)56. Namioka-juku (浪岡宿) (Aomori)57. Shinjō-juku (新城宿) (Aomori)Ending location: Aburakawa-juku (油川宿) (Aomori) (also part of the Matsumaedō)References
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