Sakamoto-shuku (坂本宿, Sakamoto-shuku) was the seventeenth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Location
2 explorers visited this place
971 m
Sakamoto Dam is a dam in the Gunma Prefecture of Japan. It forms Lake Usui.
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Usui Bridge is the largest brick-masonry arched bridge in Japan, located over Usui river in Gunma prefecture. The bridge was built in 1892 for Usui railway line to travel between Yokokawa in Gunma prefecture and Karuizawa in Nagano prefecture. It was designed by a British engineer Charles Assheton Whately Pownall during the Meiji era, with some of the piers reaching heights of up to 110 feet.
The total length is 91 meters and used about 2 million bricks for its construction. Following electrification of the Shin'etsu Main Line, a new line was constructed in 1963.
In 2001, it formed a part of walkway trail.
The bridge is also called Megane bashi meaning spectacles bridge because of its arch shape.
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The Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park is an open-air railway museum located in Annaka, Gunma, Japan. It is operated by Usui Pass Exchange Memorial Foundation, and was opened on 18 April 1998 on the site of the former Yokokawa motive power depot alongside the Shin'etsu Main Line, of which the section between Yokokawa station and Karuizawa station was discontinued on 1 October 1997.
The Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park preserves railway vehicles that have run in Japan in the past but have since been unused, including ED42, and also preserves EF63 type vehicles in working order.
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Yokokawa Station is a railway station in the city of Annaka, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.
2.6 km
Kirizumi Dam is a gravity dam located in Gunma Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control. The catchment area of the dam is 20.4 km2. The dam impounds about 13 ha of land when full and can store 2500 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1968 and completed in 1975.
History
Sakamoto-shuku is located at the eastern entrance to the Usui Pass. During the Edo period, there were a total of four honjin and sub-honjin combined. There were an additional 40 other buildings for travelers to use, making it a comparatively large station along the Nakasendō.
Neighboring post towns
Nakasendō Matsuida-shuku - Sakamoto-shuku - Karuisawa-shuku