Nikkō Kaidō
The Nikkō Kaidō was one of the five routes of the Edo period and it was built to connect Edo with the temple-shrine complex of the Mangan-ji and Tōshōsha, which are located in the present-day city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It was an ancient path that became formalised when power moved to Edo, and was established fully in 1617 by Tokugawa Hidetada, to give safer access to the temple-shrine mausoleum of his father, the first shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was buried there that year. With only twenty-one stations, the Nikkō Kaidō was the shortest of the five routes, and it shares seventeen stations with the Ōshū Kaidō. Part of its route can be traced with Japan's Route 4.Stations of the Nikkō Kaidō
The 21 stations of the Nikkō Kaidō are listed below in order and are divided by their modern-day prefecture. The present day municipality is listed afterwards in parentheses.Tokyo
Ibaraki Prefecture
Tochigi Prefecture
