7-day forecast
Open-Meteo · trail point · local dates · last updated Nov 11, 2026, 3:10 PM PTThu 12
Mainly clear
17°C / 8°C
0% · 0.0 mm
Wind 6 km/h
GoodFri 13
Mainly clear
19°C / 9°C
0% · 0.0 mm
Wind 5 km/h
GoodSat 14
Partly cloudy
20°C / 11°C
6% · 0.0 mm
Wind 5 km/h
GoodSun 15
Drizzle
18°C / 11°C
70% · 3.2 mm
Wind 8 km/h
PoorMon 16
Heavy drizzle
20°C / 12°C
76% · 6.7 mm
Wind 13 km/h
PoorTue 17
Rain showers
15°C / 10°C
37% · 3.2 mm
Wind 12 km/h
FairWed 18
Rain showers
20°C / 10°C
93% · 38.2 mm
Wind 19 km/h
PoorRoute
Route line © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), simplified. Dot: trail point.
About this trail
The Nakasendō , also called the Kisokaidō (木曾街道), was one of the centrally administered five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected the de facto capital of Japan at Edo to Kyoto. There were 69 stations (staging-posts) between Edo and Kyoto, crossing through Musashi, Kōzuke, Shinano, Mino and Ōmi provinces. In addition to Tokyo and Kyoto, the Nakasendō runs through the modern-day prefectures of Saitama, Gunma, Nagano, Gifu and Shiga, with a total distance of about 534 km (332 mi).
From the Wikipedia article “Nakasendō”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trail facts
- Countries
- Japan
- Continent
- Asia
- Trail point
- 35.68406, 139.77445 (OpenStreetMap route (first mapped point))
- OSM network
- Regional walking network
- Wikidata
- Q1154479
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 54496
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Photo: “Gokaido Edo Five Routes Map.png” by Artanisen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).
