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"Everything is in the Mountains"
As Shimazaki Toson wrote, Kiso-kaido is surrounded by huge mountains. It is the road running through
the deep valley. Towns and villages are located along the ravine bottom.
We are going to investigate Kaido's history and geography. |
a view from Troii ridge-pass |
| ⇒Walk along Kisoji's History |
Visit Narai's History and Geography
Visit Narai and investigate its history and geography of the Kaido-syatem including the stage towns. We will fnd the reasons of Narai's prosperity, the features of its commercial trades and industries.
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road was such in old days |
| ⇒Visit and Investigate History of Narai |
Shape and Structure of Narai town
The town-scale of Narai was the largest in Kiso-area. From the view point of geographic circumstance and history, we investigate the town-making and structure of tha town. |
the row of town houses |
| ⇒Town-Watching of Narai |
Beautiful Street Views
The peculiar street view, the row of unique town houses, gives us calm feelings. Let's watch the beautiful landscapes. We will know the efforts of people to conserve the trditional town shape. |
visiters walking along the street |
| ⇒Enjoy Town Views of Narai |
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- A picture-map of whole Nakasendo from Edo to Kyo.
- Shinano country and other main roads connected with Nakasendo.
- A simple map of Kisoji's geography
- The ways, rivers and stage towns
- A picture-map of the rows of the town-houses
- A guidance for sight-seeing of townscapes
- Explanation about the design of the town-house in Narai
- From the design of houses, learn the lif-style of the people.
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