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shio no michi 塩の道 the salt roads of Japan
There are various "Salt Roads" in Japan.
The main "Salt Road" was used for transportation of salt from Nihonkai 日本海 to 松本 Matsumoto.
Also known as
Chikuni Kaido (Chikoku Kaido) 千国街道.
The road from the Pacific Ocean, starting in Aichi, was called
Sanshuu Kaidoo 三州街道 Sanshu Kaido, Kaido of three provinces
. Akiba Kaido 秋葉街道 Akiba Highway .
"Southern Salt"南塩 from 相良 Sagara (in Enshu, now Shizuoka) was transported to 諏訪湖 Lake Suwako and Nagano.
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The Salt Road Chikuni Kaido is 120 km long and connected the Sea of Japan at Itoigawa糸魚川 in Niigata (Echigo) with Matsumoto, via Otari, Hakuba and Omachi.
Tobacco, soybeans and hemp linnen was also transported to the coast and salt, seafood and cotton was carried back to Matsumoto. Along this road there are many stone statues of Buddha to pray for road safety.
The warlord Uesugi Kenshin used this road to have salt transported to his arch enemy, Takeda Shingen in the 16th century, when his enemies had cut off the salt supplies to Shingen. Kenshin wrote to his enemy
"I fight with you with bow and arrow, not with rice and salt"!
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The passage over Mount Hakuba was especially dangerous in these times.
The Itoigawa region was also famous for its jade products (hisui 翡翠).
Also called
Matsumoto Kaido松本街道 Matsumoto Highway
or
"Chikuni Kaido"千国街道(ちくにかいどう)
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Shio no Michi (塩の道 Salt Road)
was an old kaidō, or road, in ancient Japan and was used to transport salt from the ocean to the inland central Honshū. In the Middle Ages, salt was brought both from the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean to Shinano Province for processing. The road leading
from the Sea of Japan to Shinano Province was called the Chikuni Kaidō (千国街道),
whereas the road leading from the Pacific Ocean was called the Sanshū Kaidō (三州街道).
- - - - - Stations of the Chikuni Kaidō
On the Echigo Province side of the route, it was called the 糸魚川街道 Itoigawa Kaidō, but on the Shinano Province side, it was called Chikuni Kaidō. The Sawado-juku and Sano-juku pair and the Ida-juku and Imori-juku pair each essentially functioned as one post station.
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Itoigawa Salt Road Festival 糸魚川・塩の道起点まつり
- - Niigata Prefecture
01. Itoigawa-juku (糸魚川宿) (Itoigawa)
02. Yamaguchi-juku (山口宿) (Itoigawa)
- - Nagano Prefecture
03. Ōami-juku (大網宿) (Otari)
04. Kuruma-juku (来馬宿) (Otari)
05. Chikuni-juku (千国宿) (Otari)
06. Shiojima Shinden-juku (塩島新田宿) (Hakuba)
07. Iida-juku (飯田宿) and Iimori-juku (飯森宿) (Hakuba)
08. Sawado-juku (沢度宿) and Sano-juku (佐野宿) (Hakuba)
09. Uminokuchi-juku (海ノ口宿) (Ōmachi)
10. Ōmachi-juku (大町宿) (Ōmachi)
11. Ikeda-juku (池田宿) (Ikeda)
12. Hotaka-juku (保高宿) (Azumino)
13. Nariai Shinden-juku (成相新田宿) (Azumino)
14. Matsumoto-juku (松本宿) (Matsumoto)
- - - - - Stations of the Sanshū Kaidō
The salt was initially carried from Mikawa Bay by boats traveling up the Yahagi River and its tributary, the Tomoe River. From Toyota, it was carried by horse, marking the start of the Sanshū Kaidō.
- - Aichi Prefecture
01. Okazaki-shuku (岡崎宿) (Okazaki) (also part of the Tōkaidō)
02. Kugyūdaira-juku (九久平宿) (Toyota)
03. Asuke-juku (足助宿) (Toyota) (Asuke Kaido足助街道)
04. Busetsu-juku (武節宿) (Toyota)
- - Nagano Prefecture
05. Neba-juku (根羽宿) (Neba)
06. Hiraya-juku (平谷宿) (Hiraya)
07. Namiai-juku (浪合宿) (Namiai)
08. Komaba-juku (駒場宿) (Achi)
09. Iida-juku (飯田宿) (Iida)
10. Ichida-juku (市田宿) (Takamori)
11. Ōjima-juku (大島宿) (Matsukawa)
12. Katabora-juku (片桐宿) (Matsukawa)
13. Iijima-juku (飯島宿) (Iijima)
14. Akazu Uwabu-juku (赤須上穂宿) (Komagane)
15. Miyada-juku (宮田宿) (Miyada)
16. Inabe-juku (伊那部宿) (Ina)
17. Matsujima-juku (松島宿) (Minowa)
18. Miyagi-juku (宮木宿) (Tatsuno)
19. Ono-juku (小野宿) (Shiojiri)
20. Shiojiri-shuku (塩尻宿) (Shiojiri) (also part of the Nakasendō)
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Shio no michi Chojiya 塩の道ちょうじや Salt Road Museum
長野県大町市八日町 2572番地
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The museum is open from May to October from 9:00 - 17:00 and from November to April during 9:00 - 16:00.
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宮本常一 Miyamoto Tsuneichi (1907 - 1981)
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Edo - 家康の「塩の道」The Salt Road of Tokugawa Ieyasu
. The Gyotoku Salt Fields 行徳塩田 Gyotoku enden .
- Introduction -
The city of Edo needed salt from Gyotoku, which is the only town in the area suited for salt production. Therefore, in around 1602 Ieyasu ordered his men to begin building canals through the marshlands to connect all of the major river systems in the eastern Kanto region. The network of canals and rivers now extends across a wide area to the north and east of Edo.
One main canal, known as the 小名木川 Onagigawa (Onagi river),
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家康の「塩の道」と呼ばれていた水路があります。
江戸城の道三堀から日本橋川を通り大川に出て、さらに小名木川から旧中川に出て新川を通り旧江戸川に抜け、行徳に向かう水路です。この水路、1632年からは貨客船の「行徳船」が就航し下総近郊の農村の野菜や成田参詣の客なども運ぶ水路としても利用されていました。さらに東北地方の年貢米なども運ばれ、江戸時代の水運の大動脈でした。旧江戸川の方が水位が高く無風時に船は遡れなかった為か船する業者もいて、新川の川岸には味噌・醤油・酒を売る店や「ごったく屋」と呼ばれる料理屋が出来て賑わったとも伝わっています。
Shinkawa「新川」は、江戸幕府が1629年が蛇行していた船堀川を途中で旧江戸川に直線でつなぐように開削した後の川の呼び名です。蛇行していた部分は、「古川」となりました。つまり、新川から古川の流れが、江戸時代以前の船堀川の本流です。この塩の道として、小名木川、新川、中川の合流地点、現在の中川船番所跡の地点、は、名所江戸百景にも描かれてます。新川と古川、その先の行徳街道、八幡道を旧佐倉街道まで、夏の暑さに耐えながら歩いてみました。
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中川口 Nakagawa-guchi
歌川広重 Utagawa Hiroshige
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江戸時代の運河、小名木川
中川から江戸川までは新川を掘り、道三掘、小名木川、新川経由で行徳に至る、塩の道が完成しました。
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. Shinkawa 新川 Shinkawa "new river" .
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Tosa shio no michi 土佐 塩の道 the salt road of Tosa
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一里塚過ぎ日盛の塩の道
ichirizuka sugi himori no shio no michi
past the milestone mound
the sun is high up in the sky
of the salt road
佐々木小夜 Sasaki Sayo
. ichirizuka 一里塚 milestone mound .
Shio ... Salt 塩 and WASHOKU
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. Kaido 街道 Highways - ABC Index .
. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo 江戸の名所 .
. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .
. Doing Business in Edo - 商売 - Introduction .
. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .
. senryu, senryū 川柳 Senryu poems in Edo .
. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .
. Interior Design - The Japanese Home .
. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .
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shio no michi 塩の道 the salt roads of Japan
There are various "Salt Roads" in Japan.
The main "Salt Road" was used for transportation of salt from Nihonkai 日本海 to 松本 Matsumoto.
Also known as
Chikuni Kaido (Chikoku Kaido) 千国街道.
The road from the Pacific Ocean, starting in Aichi, was called
Sanshuu Kaidoo 三州街道 Sanshu Kaido, Kaido of three provinces
. Akiba Kaido 秋葉街道 Akiba Highway .
"Southern Salt"南塩 from 相良 Sagara (in Enshu, now Shizuoka) was transported to 諏訪湖 Lake Suwako and Nagano.
The Salt Road Chikuni Kaido is 120 km long and connected the Sea of Japan at Itoigawa糸魚川 in Niigata (Echigo) with Matsumoto, via Otari, Hakuba and Omachi.
Tobacco, soybeans and hemp linnen was also transported to the coast and salt, seafood and cotton was carried back to Matsumoto. Along this road there are many stone statues of Buddha to pray for road safety.
The warlord Uesugi Kenshin used this road to have salt transported to his arch enemy, Takeda Shingen in the 16th century, when his enemies had cut off the salt supplies to Shingen. Kenshin wrote to his enemy
"I fight with you with bow and arrow, not with rice and salt"!
The passage over Mount Hakuba was especially dangerous in these times.
The Itoigawa region was also famous for its jade products (hisui 翡翠).
Also called
Matsumoto Kaido松本街道 Matsumoto Highway
or
"Chikuni Kaido"千国街道(ちくにかいどう)
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
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Shio no Michi (塩の道 Salt Road)
was an old kaidō, or road, in ancient Japan and was used to transport salt from the ocean to the inland central Honshū. In the Middle Ages, salt was brought both from the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean to Shinano Province for processing. The road leading
from the Sea of Japan to Shinano Province was called the Chikuni Kaidō (千国街道),
whereas the road leading from the Pacific Ocean was called the Sanshū Kaidō (三州街道).
- - - - - Stations of the Chikuni Kaidō
On the Echigo Province side of the route, it was called the 糸魚川街道 Itoigawa Kaidō, but on the Shinano Province side, it was called Chikuni Kaidō. The Sawado-juku and Sano-juku pair and the Ida-juku and Imori-juku pair each essentially functioned as one post station.
Itoigawa Salt Road Festival 糸魚川・塩の道起点まつり
- - Niigata Prefecture
01. Itoigawa-juku (糸魚川宿) (Itoigawa)
02. Yamaguchi-juku (山口宿) (Itoigawa)
- - Nagano Prefecture
03. Ōami-juku (大網宿) (Otari)
04. Kuruma-juku (来馬宿) (Otari)
05. Chikuni-juku (千国宿) (Otari)
06. Shiojima Shinden-juku (塩島新田宿) (Hakuba)
07. Iida-juku (飯田宿) and Iimori-juku (飯森宿) (Hakuba)
08. Sawado-juku (沢度宿) and Sano-juku (佐野宿) (Hakuba)
09. Uminokuchi-juku (海ノ口宿) (Ōmachi)
10. Ōmachi-juku (大町宿) (Ōmachi)
11. Ikeda-juku (池田宿) (Ikeda)
12. Hotaka-juku (保高宿) (Azumino)
13. Nariai Shinden-juku (成相新田宿) (Azumino)
14. Matsumoto-juku (松本宿) (Matsumoto)
- - - - - Stations of the Sanshū Kaidō
The salt was initially carried from Mikawa Bay by boats traveling up the Yahagi River and its tributary, the Tomoe River. From Toyota, it was carried by horse, marking the start of the Sanshū Kaidō.
- - Aichi Prefecture
01. Okazaki-shuku (岡崎宿) (Okazaki) (also part of the Tōkaidō)
02. Kugyūdaira-juku (九久平宿) (Toyota)
03. Asuke-juku (足助宿) (Toyota) (Asuke Kaido足助街道)
04. Busetsu-juku (武節宿) (Toyota)
- - Nagano Prefecture
05. Neba-juku (根羽宿) (Neba)
06. Hiraya-juku (平谷宿) (Hiraya)
07. Namiai-juku (浪合宿) (Namiai)
08. Komaba-juku (駒場宿) (Achi)
09. Iida-juku (飯田宿) (Iida)
10. Ichida-juku (市田宿) (Takamori)
11. Ōjima-juku (大島宿) (Matsukawa)
12. Katabora-juku (片桐宿) (Matsukawa)
13. Iijima-juku (飯島宿) (Iijima)
14. Akazu Uwabu-juku (赤須上穂宿) (Komagane)
15. Miyada-juku (宮田宿) (Miyada)
16. Inabe-juku (伊那部宿) (Ina)
17. Matsujima-juku (松島宿) (Minowa)
18. Miyagi-juku (宮木宿) (Tatsuno)
19. Ono-juku (小野宿) (Shiojiri)
20. Shiojiri-shuku (塩尻宿) (Shiojiri) (also part of the Nakasendō)
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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Shio no michi Chojiya 塩の道ちょうじや Salt Road Museum
長野県大町市八日町 2572番地
The museum is open from May to October from 9:00 - 17:00 and from November to April during 9:00 - 16:00.
- reference -
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宮本常一 Miyamoto Tsuneichi (1907 - 1981)
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Edo - 家康の「塩の道」The Salt Road of Tokugawa Ieyasu
. The Gyotoku Salt Fields 行徳塩田 Gyotoku enden .
- Introduction -
The city of Edo needed salt from Gyotoku, which is the only town in the area suited for salt production. Therefore, in around 1602 Ieyasu ordered his men to begin building canals through the marshlands to connect all of the major river systems in the eastern Kanto region. The network of canals and rivers now extends across a wide area to the north and east of Edo.
One main canal, known as the 小名木川 Onagigawa (Onagi river),
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家康の「塩の道」と呼ばれていた水路があります。
江戸城の道三堀から日本橋川を通り大川に出て、さらに小名木川から旧中川に出て新川を通り旧江戸川に抜け、行徳に向かう水路です。この水路、1632年からは貨客船の「行徳船」が就航し下総近郊の農村の野菜や成田参詣の客なども運ぶ水路としても利用されていました。さらに東北地方の年貢米なども運ばれ、江戸時代の水運の大動脈でした。旧江戸川の方が水位が高く無風時に船は遡れなかった為か船する業者もいて、新川の川岸には味噌・醤油・酒を売る店や「ごったく屋」と呼ばれる料理屋が出来て賑わったとも伝わっています。
Shinkawa「新川」は、江戸幕府が1629年が蛇行していた船堀川を途中で旧江戸川に直線でつなぐように開削した後の川の呼び名です。蛇行していた部分は、「古川」となりました。つまり、新川から古川の流れが、江戸時代以前の船堀川の本流です。この塩の道として、小名木川、新川、中川の合流地点、現在の中川船番所跡の地点、は、名所江戸百景にも描かれてます。新川と古川、その先の行徳街道、八幡道を旧佐倉街道まで、夏の暑さに耐えながら歩いてみました。
中川口 Nakagawa-guchi
歌川広重 Utagawa Hiroshige
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江戸時代の運河、小名木川
中川から江戸川までは新川を掘り、道三掘、小名木川、新川経由で行徳に至る、塩の道が完成しました。
- reference source : edokara.tokyo/conts... -
. Shinkawa 新川 Shinkawa "new river" .
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Tosa shio no michi 土佐 塩の道 the salt road of Tosa
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一里塚過ぎ日盛の塩の道
ichirizuka sugi himori no shio no michi
past the milestone mound
the sun is high up in the sky
of the salt road
佐々木小夜 Sasaki Sayo
. ichirizuka 一里塚 milestone mound .
Shio ... Salt 塩 and WASHOKU
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. kaidoo 街道と伝説 Legends about the old Kaido highways .
. Kaido 街道 Highways - ABC Index .
. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo 江戸の名所 .
. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .
. Doing Business in Edo - 商売 - Introduction .
. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .
. senryu, senryū 川柳 Senryu poems in Edo .
. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .
. Interior Design - The Japanese Home .
. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .
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