{"id":96237,"date":"2022-12-01T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=96237"},"modified":"2022-12-01T14:50:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T05:50:56","slug":"4-day-itinerary-tokyo-aizu-by-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/4-day-itinerary-tokyo-aizu-by-train\/","title":{"rendered":"A 4-Day Train Itinerary Exploring Japan\u2019s Edo Period from Tokyo to Aizu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Travelling from Tokyo during Japan\u2019s Edo period would often involve a journey along one of Japan\u2019s five main old highways, called kaido<\/em>. Japan\u2019s five kaido<\/em> connected Tokyo (then called Edo) to a handful of major cities elsewhere in Japan. I recently spent four days travelling from Tokyo to Aizu (\u4f1a\u6d25) along one of those old highways, the Nikko Kaido<\/strong> (\u65e5\u5149\u8857\u9053) on three train lines, the Tobu Railway<\/a>, the Yagan Railway<\/a>, and the Aizu Railway<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On my four-day journey, I stopped to visit some of the historic sites that symbolise the beginning and the end of Japan\u2019s Edo period. After exploring Tokyo and Nikko (\u65e5\u5149)<\/strong>, I travelled through Aizu, following one of the Edo period\u2019s smaller highways, the Aizu Nishi Kaido. Ending my trip in Aizu-Wakamatsu (\u4f1a\u6d25\u82e5\u677e), I saw where the Edo period came to a very bloody end<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n