Itsukaichi Kaidō

Itsukaichi Kaidō (五日市街道) is the historic and current main road between former Itsukaichi (now Akiruno) and Suginami in Tokyo's central suburbs.^[1] It generally follows the same road as the Suginami Akiruno Line along Tokyo Metropolitan Road Route 7 (ja).

Overview

After Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Edo, he developed Itsukaichi Kaidō for the purpose of transporting timber and charcoal from Itukaichi (now Akiruno) and Hinohara. Initially, the road was called "Ina Road", after Ina, a settlement not far east of Itsukaichi. Ina was the source of stones used for restoring Edo Castle and the road developed for transport between these two places. After the restoration of Edo Castle was finished, charcoal became the main product transported and Itsukaichi grew to become more significant than Ina.^[2]

As land was opened up on the Musashino Plateau, the road between the Tama district and Edo developed as one highway.

Main Locations

Suginami

Musashino

Kokubunji

Tachikawa

Keyakidai Apartment Complex
Sunagawa-Nanaban Station
Showa Memorial Park
Musashi-Sunagawa Station
Seibu-Tachikawa Station
Matsunaka Apartment Complex

Akishima

Haijima Station

Fussa

Yokota Air Base (United States Forces Japan Yokota Base)
Ushihama Station

Akiruno

References

^ Seven windings of Itsukaichi-kaido at Ozaki Archived 2019-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. Hamadayama Life. Accessed October 23, 2019.
^ 五日市街道 (in Japanese). kimamanikaidouaruki. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
^ 五日市街道道中記 (in Japanese). Y Ishii. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

External links

[walk-1] Seven windings of Itsukaichi-kaido at Ozaki Archived 2019-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. Hamadayama Life. Accessed October 23, 2019.

[2] 五日市街道 (in Japanese). kimamanikaidouaruki. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

[3] 五日市街道道中記 (in Japanese). Y Ishii. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

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