Mikuni Kaido Highway

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. Kaido 街道 Highways - ABC Index .
- Shimizu Kaido, see below
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Mikuni Kaido, Mikuni Kaidō 三国街道 / 三國街道 Mikuni Highway
from Echigo, Niigata to Gunma, crossing the Mikuni Sanmyaku 三国山脈 Mikuni Mountain range,
with 三国山 Mount Mikuni, 1,636 m as its highest peak.
Now mostly National Route 17

The road was used by the ambitious warlord
. Uesugi Kenshin Kagetora 上杉謙信(景虎) (1530 - 1578) .
The Dragon of Echigo, on this many war expeditions in the Kanto area.
Another road was the Shimizu Kaido, see below.

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an ancient highway in Japan that stretched from Takasaki-juku (present day Gunma Prefecture) on the Nakasendō
to Teradomari-juku (present day Niigata Prefecture) on the Hokurikudō.
- History
The Mikuni Pass separated the Kantō region from Echigo Province in ancient Japan. As such, it has long been used as a major transportation hub for travelers going between those two areas. During the Edo period, the Mikuni Kaidō was established with the purpose of helping daimyō who were participating in sankin kōtai, which required daimyō to spend a portion of their time in Edo.
In 1902, the Shin'etsu Main Line was built, the first train line through the area. As a result, the economies of many of the post towns began to falter. However, the area between Nagaoka and Yuzawa was able to continue to flourish because the flat land allowed them to pursue agriculture. The area across the Mikuni Pass, however, received very little traffic.
In 1953, as cars became more common, so did long-distance transport, which led to a great rise in traffic in the area. However, for cars traveling between the Kantō and Echigo regions, it was very inconvenient to take the same detour as the train line, so the prefecture began major repair and construction work along the Mikuni Kaidō.
- source : wikipedia

- - - - - There are 35 post stations along the Mikuni Kaidō.
Gunma Prefecture
1. Takasaki-shuku (高崎宿) (Takasaki) (starting location)
- - . Takasaki Daruma 高崎達磨 .
2. Kaneko-shuku (金古宿) (Takasaki)

3. Shibukawa-shuku (渋川宿) (Shibukawa)
- branching off to the
. Sado Bugyo Kaido 佐渡奉行街道 Road for the Governor of Sado Island .
4. Kanai-shuku (金井宿) (Shibukawa)
5. Kitamoku-shuku (北牧宿) (Shibukawa)
6. Yokobori-shuku (横堀宿) (Shibukawa)
7. Nakayama-shuku (中山宿) (Takayama, Agatsuma District)
8. Tsukahara-shuku (塚原宿) (Minakami, Tone District)
9. Shimoshinda-shuku (下新田宿) (Minakami, Tone District)
10. Fuse-shuku (布施宿) (Minakami, Tone District)
11. Ima-shuku (今宿) (Minakami, Tone District)
12. Sukawa-shuku (須川宿) (Minakami, Tone District)
13. Aimata-shuku (相俣宿) (Minakami, Tone District)
14. Sarugakyō-shuku (猿ヶ京宿) (Minakami, Tone District)
15. Fukuro-shuku (吹路宿) (Minakami, Tone District)
16. Nagai-shuku (永井宿) (Minakami, Tone District)

Niigata Prefecture
17. Asagai-shuku (浅貝宿) (Yuzawa, Minamiuonuma District)
18. Futai-shuku (二居宿) (Yuzawa, Minamiuonuma District)
19. Mitsumata-shuku (三俣宿) (Yuzawa, Minamiuonuma District)
20. Yuzawa-shuku (湯沢宿) (Yuzawa, Minamiuonuma District)
21. Seki-shuku (関宿) (Minamiuonuma)
22. Shiozawa-shuku (塩沢宿) (Minamiuonuma)
23. Muikamachi-shuku (六日町宿) (Minamiuonuma)
24. Itsukamachi-shuku (五日町宿) (Minamiuonuma)
25. Urasa-shuku (浦佐宿) (Minamiuonuma)
26. Horinouchi-shuku (堀之内宿) (Uonuma)
27. Kawaguichi-shuku (川口宿) (Nagaoka)
28. Myōken-shuku (妙見宿) (Nagaoka)
29. Muikaichi-shuku (六日市宿) (Nagaoka)
30. Nagaoka-shuku (長岡宿) (Nagaoka)
31. Yoita-shuku (与板宿) (Nagaoka)
32. Jizōdō-shuku (地蔵堂宿) (Tsubame)
33. Sekinakashima-shuku (関中島宿) (Tsubame)
34. Watabe-shuku (渡部宿) (Tsubame)
35. Teradomari-shuku (寺泊宿) (Nagaoka) (ending location)

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Mikuni sanmyaku 三国山脈 Mikuni Mountain range

Mikuni tooge 三国峠 Mikuni pass

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Mikuni Gongen 三国権現 Shrine 三坂神社 Misaka Jinja

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Yuzawa (湯沢町 Yuzawa-machi) is a town located in Niigata Prefecture
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The area of present-day Yuzawa was part of ancient Echigo Province.
The villages of Yuzawa, Futai (二居村 Futai-mura), Asakai (浅貝村 Asakai-mura), Kandatsu (神立村 Kandatsu-mura), Tsuchidaru (土樽村 Tsuchidaru-mura), and Mitsumata (三俣村 Mitsumata-mura) were created on 1 April 1889 as part of the modern municipalities system.
On 1 November 1901, Futai and Asakai merged to become the village of Mikuni (三国村 Mikuni-mura). Yuzawa, Mikuni, Kandatsu, Tsuchidaru, and Mitsumata merged on 1 April 1955 to become the town of Yuzawa. ...
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Uonuma (魚沼市 Uonuma-shi) is a city located in Niigata Prefecture.
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The area of present-day Uonuma was part of ancient Echigo Province, with the name of Uonuma appearing in the 続日本紀 Shoku Nihongi in an entry dated 702 AD.
During the Edo period, the area was largely tenryō territory administered directly by the Tokugawa shogunate or part of the holdings of Aizu Domain. The area was greatly affected by the Tenpō famine of 1835-1837.
After the Meiji restoration, the area was organised as part of Kitauonuma District, Niigata with the creation of the modern municipalities system. The modern city of Uonuma was established on November 1, 2004, from the merger of the towns of Horinouchi and Koide, and the villages of Hirokami, Irihirose, Sumon and Yunotani (all from Kitauonuma District).
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Nagaoka (長岡市 Nagaoka-shi) is a city located in Niigata Prefecture.
Nagaoka is in the center of Niigata prefecture and the surrounding Chūetsu region of Japan
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The area of present-day Nagaoka was part of ancient Echigo Province.
Under the Tokugawa shogunate, a castle town was constructed by Hori Naoyori lord of Nagaoka Domain in 1616. However, as the initial castle was located in an area prone to flooding by the Shinano River, a new castle was built at the site of present-day Nagaoka Station in 1617. Nagaoka flourished as under the reign of the 13 generations of the Makino clan during the Edo period. In the Boshin War of 1868 during the Meiji Restoration, Nagaoka Domain was a member of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei against the imperial forces, and the city was reduced to rubble during the Battle of Hokuetsu. A gift of one hundred sacks of rice from a neighboring province was sold to finance a new school during the reconstruction of Nagaoka, from which the anecdote of Kome Hyappyo was born. ...
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Shimizu Kaido, Shimizu Kaidō 清水街道 Shimizu Highway
From 群馬県みなかみ町 Minakami town in Gunma to 潟県南魚新沼市 Minami-Uonuma city in Niigata, as the border of 上越国境 Joetsu no Kuni.
(The name 清水 is not read Kiyomizu.)

A war road crossing the Shimizu Toge 清水峠 Shimizu Toge Pass.
Its highest point is 1,448 m, on the 谷川連峰 Tanigawa mountain range.
Crossing this mountain range was also called
Sugugoe, Sugu-goe 「直越」（すぐごえ） "the short crossing"
a direct, but very narrow pass in former times, as opposed to the longer, easier road of Mikuni Kaido.

Shimizu tooge 清水峠 Shimizu pass

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katame no sakana 片目の魚 fish with one eye
North of the Shrine 高彦根神社 Takahikone Jinja, along the old Mikuni Kaido highway where was a small swamp / lake in the fields.
In this swamp there where ritual fish released during the spring and autumn festivals of the Shrine.
All the fish in this small lake had only one eye.
The lake was lost in the Meiji period and became part of the fields.

高彦根神社 Takahikone Jinja
5-6-51 Miyauchi, Nagaoka, Niigata

- Deity in residence
味耜高彦根命 Ajisugita Takahikone no Mikami

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桑を解く三国旧道瞽女轍

松川洋酔 Matsukawa Yosui

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9/04/2019

Mikuni Kaido Highway

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