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Narai-juku
Sign in to savewas the thirty-fourth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, as well as the second of eleven stations along the Kisoji. It is located in the present-day city of Shiojiri, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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During the Edo era(1603-1868),the Nakasen-do highway was one of the main routes linking Edo(the old name of TOKYO)and Kyoto. The eleven local villages from Niekawa-jyuku to Magome-jyuku on the route called KISOJI(Kiso Road) are well-known sightseeing spots. Paticularly in Narai-jyuku,the view of the old street in the area has been maintained and the houses,builtusing unique local techniques,are of historical and academic value. Visit this small village in the mountains and feel the atmosphere of old Japan!
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- 69 Stations of the Nakasendō
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- Kisoji
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- Japan
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- Shiojiri
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was the thirty-fourth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, as well as the second of eleven stations along the Kisoji. It is located in the present-day city of Shiojiri, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
==History== thumb|220px|Keisai Eisen's print of Narai-juku, part of the series [[The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō]] Narai-juku had the highest elevation of all the spots along the Kisoji. Because of all the visitors going through the Torii Pass (鳥居峠 Torii Tōge), Narai flourished as a post town and was referred to as the "Narai of 1,000 buildings" (奈良井千軒 Narai senken). It has since become one of Japan's Nationally Designated Architectural Preservation Sites, so the buildings have been kept much like they originally were in the Edo period.
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