Kisoji

" that records the routes characters as 吉蘇路.

There are two stone markers that indicate the end points of the Kisoji. One is located between Motoyama-juku and Niekawa-juku and states "From here south: Kisoji" (是より南 木曽路 "Kore yori minami, Kisoji"). The other marker is located between Magome-juku and Ochiai-juku and states, "From here north: Kisoji" (是より北 木曽路 "Kore yori kita, Kisoji").

Additionally, the early 20th-century author, Shimazaki Tōson, wrote about the effects of the Meiji Restoration on the Kiso Valley in his novel, "Before the Dawn". He grew up in Magome-juku, hence his featuring the area in his novels.

tations of the Kisoji

"':1. Niekawa-juku (Shiojiri):2. Narai-juku (Shiojiri):3. Yabuhara-juku (Kiso (village), Kiso District):4. Miyanokoshi-juku (Kiso (town), Kiso District):5. Fukushima-juku (Kiso (town), Kiso District):6. Agematsu-juku (Agematsu, Kiso District):7. Suhara-juku (Okuwa, Kiso District):8. Nojiri-juku (Okuwa, Kiso District):9. Midono-juku (Nagiso, Kiso District):10. Tsumago-juku (Nagiso, Kiso District)Gifu Prefecture:11. Magome-juku (Nakatsugawa)

ee also

*Edo Five Routes
**Tōkaidō (or 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō)
**Nakasendō (or 69 Stations of the Nakasendō)
**Kōshū Kaidō
**Ōshū Kaidō
**Nikkō Kaidō
*Other Routes
**Hokkoku Kaidō
**Mikuni Kaidō

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