Sakamoto-shuku (坂本宿, Sakamoto-shuku) était la dix-septième des soixante-neuf stations du Nakasendō. Elle est située dans la ville moderne d'Annaka, préfecture de Gunma au Japon.
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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.
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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.
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Sakamoto-shuku se trouve à l'entrée est du col d'Usui. Durant l'époque d'Edo, il y avait en tout quatre honjin et honjin secondaires. Il existait en outre 40 autres bâtiments à l'usage des voyageurs, ce qui en faisait une station du Nakasendō relativement importante.
Stations voisines
Nakasendō Matsuida-shuku – Sakamoto-shuku – Karuisawa-shuku
Notes et références
(en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Sakamoto-shuku » (voir la liste des auteurs).
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