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Ōshū Kaidō
Major route in Edo period / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ōshū Kaidō (奥州街道) was one of the five routes of the Edo period. It was built to connect Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with Mutsu Province and the present-day city of Shirakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu for government officials traveling through the area.
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