Title: List of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō Content: thumb|right|270px|The Tōkaidō in 1865.The covers the rest areas along the Tōkaidō, which was a coastal route that ran from Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto.Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 973. ==Stations of the Tōkaidō== There were originally 53 government waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō. At each, all travelers were expected to present traveling permits. These were also places for resting and eating before continuing to travel. ===Tokyo=== thumb|right|Nihonbashi's highway distance marker, from which modern highway distances are measured :Starting Location: Nihonbashi Bridge, (Chūō-ku) :1. Shinagawa-juku (Shinagawa, Tokyo) ===Kanagawa Prefecture=== :2. Kawasaki-juku (Kawasaki, Kanagawa) :3. Kanagawa-juku (Kanagawa, Yokohama) :4. Hodogaya-juku (Hodogaya, Yokohama) :5. Totsuka-juku (Totsuka, Yokohama) :6. Fujisawa-shuku (Fujisawa, Kanagawa) :7. Hiratsuka-juku (Hiratsuka, Kanagawa) :8. Ōiso-juku (Ōiso, Kanagawa) :9. Odawara-juku (Odawara, Kanagawa) :10. Hakone-juku (Hakone, Kanagawa) ===Shizuoka Prefecture=== :11. Mishima-shuku (Mishima, Shizuoka) :12. Numazu-juku (Numazu, Shizuoka) :13. Hara-juku (Numazu) :14. Yoshiwara-juku (Fuji, Shizuoka) :15. Kanbara-juku (Shimizu, Shizuoka) thumb|right|The countryside around Yui-shuku in the 1830s :16. Yui-shuku (Shimizu) :17. Okitsu-juku (Shimizu) :18. Ejiri- juku (Shimizu) :19. Fuchū-shuku (Aoi, Shizuoka) :20. Mariko-juku (Suruga, Shizuoka) :21. Okabe-juku (Fujieda, Shizuoka) :22. Fujieda-juku (Fujieda) :23. Shimada-juku (Shimada, Shizuoka) :24. Kanaya-juku (Shimada) :25. Nissaka-shuku (Kakegawa, Shizuoka) :26. Kakegawa-juku (Kakegawa) :27. Fukuroi-juku (Fukuroi, Shizuoka) :28. Mitsuke-juku (Iwata, Shizuoka) :29. Hamamatsu-juku (Naka, Hamamatsu) :30. Maisaka-juku (Nishi, Hamamatsu) :31. Arai-juku (Kosai, Shizuoka) :32. Shirasuka-juku (Kosai) ===Aichi Prefecture=== :33. Futagawa- juku (Toyohashi, Aichi) :34. Yoshida-juku (Toyohashi) :35. Goyu-shuku (Toyokawa, Aichi) :36. Akasaka-juku (Toyokawa) :37. Fujikawa-shuku (Okazaki, Aichi) :38. Okazaki-shuku (Okazaki) :39. Chiryū-juku (Chiryū, Aichi) :40. Narumi-juku (Midori, Nagoya) :41. Miya-juku (Atsuta, Nagoya) ===Mie Prefecture=== :42. Kuwana-juku (Kuwana, Mie) :43. Yokkaichi-juku (Yokkaichi, Mie) :44. Ishiyakushi-juku (Suzuka, Mie) :45. Shōno-juku (Suzuka) :46. Kameyama-juku (Kameyama, Mie) right|thumb|Seki-juku in the 1830s :47. Seki- juku (Kameyama) :48. Sakanoshita-juku (Kameyama) ===Shiga Prefecture=== :49. Tsuchiyama-juku (Kōka, Shiga) :50. Minakuchi-juku (Kōka) :51. Ishibe-juku (Konan, Shiga) :52. Kusatsu-juku (Kusatsu, Shiga) :53. Ōtsu-juku (Ōtsu, Shiga) ===Kyoto Prefecture=== :Ending Location: Sanjō Ōhashi Bridge in Kyoto ==Provinces== The Tōkaidō road passed through ten provinces: * Musashi Province: Nihonbashi to Hodogaya (#4) * Sagami Province: Totsuka (#5) to Hakone (#10) * Izu Province: Mishima (#11) * Suruga Province: Numazu (#12) to Shimada (#23) * Tōtōmi Province: Kanaya (#24) to Shirasuka (#32) * Mikawa Province: Futagawa (#33) to Chiryū (#39) * Owari Province: Narumi (#40) and Miya (#41) * Ise Province: Kuwana (#42) to Sakanoshita (#48) * Ōmi Province: Tsuchiyama (#49) to Ōtsu (#53) The end of the road was in Yamashiro Province at Sanjō Ōhashi Bridge in Kyoto. ==Related pages == * Gokishichidō * Edo Five Routes