Ashida-shuku

Ashida-shuku (芦田宿, Ashida-shuku) was the twenty-sixth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day town of Tateshina, in the Kitasaku District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

Hiroshige's print of Ashida-shuku, part of The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series

History

Ashida-shuku was formed in 1601 (1601), during the Edo period, when the Nakasendō's route was altered and the government ordered creation of new post towns. It was located near the eastern entrance to the Kasadori Pass and was well known for its silk production.

Neighboring post towns

Nakasendō

Mochizuki-shuku - Ashida-shuku - Nagakubo-shuku

(Motai-shuku was an ai no shuku located between Mochizuki-shuku and Ashida-shuku.)