中なか山せん道どう

noun

Nakasendō; Nakasendo highway

One of the five major Edo-period highways connecting Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto, running through the central mountains. Often contrasted with the coastal Tōkaidō.

See also: 東海道 (とうかいどう)

• 中なか山せん道どうは江え戸ど時じ代だいに整せい備びされた五ご街かい道どうの一ひとつです。

  The Nakasendō is one of the five major highways developed during the Edo period.

• 中なか山せん道どうの宿しゅく場ば町まちには、今いまも古ふるい町まち並なみが残のこっています。

  Old townscapes still remain in the post towns along the Nakasendō.