Shimosuwa-shuku
Image:Kisokaido29 Shimosuwa.jpg's print of Shimosuwa-shuku, part of the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō]]Image:suwako.jpg{{nihongo|Shimosuwa-shuku|下諏訪宿|Shimosuwa-shuku}} was the twenty-ninth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, as well as being the ending location of the Kōshū Kaidō. It is located in the present-day town of Shimosuwa, Suwa District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
History
First built around 1601, Shimosawa-shuku flourished as a post town because it was located between two difficult mountain passes, Wada Pass and Shiojiri Pass. The town's onsens made it a heavily used rest area.[http://aruki.suwa.ne.jp/020/ Shimosuwa-shuku Aruki-net] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717130811/http://aruki.suwa.ne.jp/020/ |date=2007-07-17 }}. Shimosuwa Chamber of Commerce. Accessed July 16, 2007. It also served as the entrance to the Suwa Taisha.
Records show that in 1843, Shimosuwa-juku had 1,345 residents and 315 buildings. Among the building, there was one honjin, one sub-honjin, and 40 hatago.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
Neighboring post towns
;Nakasendō
:Wada-shuku - Shimosuwa-shuku - Shiojiri-shuku
;Kōshū Kaidō
:Kamisuwa-shuku - Shimosuwa-shuku (ending location)
References
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