Iwamurada-shuku

Iwamurada-shuku (岩村田宿, Iwamurada-shuku) was the twenty-second of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Saku, in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

Keisai Eisen's print of Iwamurada-shuku, part of the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō

History

Originally, Iwamurada-shuku was a castle town for the Iwamurada Han and, as a post town, it never developed a proper honjin, though it did have some smaller inns.[1]

Neighboring Post Towns
Nakasendō
Otai-shuku - Iwamurada-shuku - Shionada-shuku
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References
  1. Shinshū no Kaidō Tanbō: Nakasendō. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Accessed August 10, 2007.

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