53 Stations of the Tōkaidō


The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō are the rest areas along the Tōkaidō, which was a coastal route that ran from Nihonbashi in Edo to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto.

Stations of the Tōkaidō

There were originally 53 government post stations along the Tōkaidō, where travelers had to present traveling permits at each station if wanting to cross. All of the stations, in addition to the starting and ending locations, are listed below in order. The stations are divided by their present-day prefecture and include the name of their present-day city/town/village/districts, with historic provinces listed below.

[Tokyo]

[Kanagawa Prefecture]

[Shizuoka Prefecture]

[Aichi Prefecture]

[Mie Prefecture]

[Shiga Prefecture]

[Kyoto Prefecture]

Ōsaka Kaidō

In 1619, the Ōsaka Kaidō was developed to extend the Tōkaidō so that it would reach Kōraibashi in modern-day Osaka. Instead of going to Sanjō Ōhashi, travelers would leave from Ōtsu-juku and travel towards Fushimi-juku. Because of the addition of these four post towns, the Tōkaidō is occasionally referred to as having 57 stations. Another name for this extension was Kyōkaidō.

Kyoto Prefecture

[Osaka Prefecture]

By historical provinces">Provinces of Japan">historical provinces

During the Edo period, when the Tōkaidō was established, it ran through the following ten historical provinces of Japan.