豊橋総合動植物公園One stop south east of Toyohashi Station on the JR Tokaido Line is Futagawa. Once a famous way station on the Tokaido highway between Kyoto and Tokyo, Futagawa is known for its Futagawa Honjin Museum, a restored Edo Period inn... ...full story at Japan Visitor
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Old Stone Tokaido Highway, Hakone, Japan »
YouTube video Old Tokaido Highway, a wide walk path travelled in old times between Tokyo and Kyoto. The cedar trees along the highway were planted during the Edo period to provide shade. |
| 04 Sep 07 |
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Okazaki » Japan Visitor 岡崎、愛知県Okazaki, located on the old Tokaido Highway (now National Highway Route 1) 40km east of Nagoya on the Meitetsu Line to Toyohashi, is known as the birthplace of feudal warlord and founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, Ieyasu Tokugawa.Oka... |
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Shinkansen station in Shiga canceled » Japan Times OTSU, Shiga Pref. (Kyodo) Local governments have agreed to cancel a new station in Ritto, Shiga Prefecture, between Kyoto and Maibara stations on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, officials said. Read more . . . |
| 31 Aug 07 |
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Higashi Mikawa Furosato-en in Ko » Japan Visitor 東三河ふるさと園、国府Ko, a fairly non-descript town just before Toyohashi and about 35 minutes from Nagoya has nothing too much to recommend it. Located on the old Tokaido highway, now the modern National Highway Route 1, the town is a ... |
| 08 Sep 08 |
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Kyoto Station » Loulogue Kyoto station is Japan’s second largest train station building (after Nagoya station), it’s 70 meters high and 470 meters from east to west. And most surprisingly it’s very futuristic in a city that is famous for being one of the least modern citi... |
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Arimatsu Festival » Japan Visitor 有松祭りLast Sunday I went to see the annual Arimatsu Festival, though the main parade was washed out and has been rearranged for tomorrow.Arimatsu is a small post-town on the ancient Tokaido highway between Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo) and is famous for ... |
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