10. To the Right: Kyoto; to the Left: Edo | NORTHEN LAKE BIWA

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10. To the Right: Kyoto; to the Left: Edo

This inscribed stone marker is a reproduction of the signpost that once stood at this crossroads. The Hokkoku Kaidō Road continued southwest, toward Kyoto, and the Hokkoku-waki Ōkan Road went west, toward Edo (now Tokyo).

 

※This English-language text was created by the Japan Tourism Agency.