120207-0066-PP - Nikko, Hatsuishi

Inns at Hatsuishi (鉢石宿) in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture. The town was the twenty-first and last shukueki (way station) of the Nikko Kaido (日光街道), the major route connecting connecting Tokyo with the Nikko Tosho-gu shrine complex. dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Notice the waterways (水路) in the center and on the sides.

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