Itsukaichi Kaidō

Itsukaichi Kaidō (五日市街道) is the historic and current main road between former Itsukaichi (now Akiruno) and Suginami in Tokyo's central suburbs.[1] It generally follows the same road as the Suginami Akiruno Line along Tokyo Metropolitan Road Route 7 (ja).

Itsukaichi Kaidō sign at western end point Musashi-Itsukaichi Station

Overview

After Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Edo, he developed Itsukaichi Kaidō for the purpose of transporting timber and charcoal from Itukaichi (now Akiruno) and Hinohara. Initially, the road was called "Ina Road", after Ina, a settlement not far east of Itsukaichi. Ina was the source of stones used for restoring Edo Castle and the road developed for transport between these two places. After the restoration of Edo Castle was finished, charcoal became the main product transported and Itsukaichi grew to become more significant than Ina.[2]

As land was opened up on the Musashino Plateau, the road between the Tama district and Edo developed as one highway.

Main Locations

Suginami

Musashino
  • Kichijōji Station
  • Fujimura Girls' Junior and Senior High School
  • Seikei Gakuen School Corporation (Seikei University, Seikei Junior and Senior High School, Seikei Elementary School)
  • Kanto Bus Musashino Depot

Nishitokyo

Koganei

Kodaira

Kokubunji

Tachikawa

Akishima

Fussa

Akiruno

See also

References
  1. Seven windings of Itsukaichi-kaido at Ozaki Archived 2019-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. Hamadayama Life. Accessed October 23, 2019.
  2. 五日市街道 (in Japanese). kimamanikaidouaruki. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. 五日市街道 道中記 (in Japanese). Y Ishii. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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