In our second episode on Japan's pre-modern highway system, we follow the Nagasaki Kaido. During the Edo period (1603–1868) when the Shogunate prohibited external trade, they allowed one ...
Michael has now ridden 210 kilometers, and is nearing the town of Takada, end point of the old Hokuriku Kaido. 40:10 Takada grew as a castle town in the 17th century.