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Tokaido Series: Fifty three Stations
Tokaido is an easy sea road what is the most important route connecting Tokyo to the old imperial capital. It stretches about 290 miles from Nihonbashi in the center of Edo to the Great Sanjo Bridge in Kyoto, a journey of ten days or two weeks. The 53 stations were government sanctioned stops along the route. The stops consisted of porter stations and horse stables, as well as lodging, restaurants, and other places a traveler may want to visit. A few points along the route they were checkpoints were travelers had to present travel permits to continue. During the Edo period, tourism was booming leading to increased interest in travel Mementos.
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As is - Has some staining as pictured