Kusatsu-juku

Replica, at the National Museum of Japanese History, of a lantern erected at Kusatsu in 1816. The inscription reads, roughly, "To the left, the Nakasendô and Mino Road; to the right, the Tôkaidô and the road to Ise"

• Japanese: 草津宿 (Kusatsu-juku)

Kusatsu was the third-to-last post-station on both the Tôkaidô and Nakasendô Highways during the early modern period, and was one of the few places where the two highways met or intersected.

Preceded by: Ishibe-juku	Stations of the Tôkaidô	Succeeded by: Ôtsu-juku
Preceded by: Moriyama-juku	Stations of the Nakasendô	Succeeded by: Ôtsu-juku

References

• Gallery labels, Road Marker at the Junction of the Nakasendo and Tokaido Roads, National Museum of Japanese History.[1]