Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0

Fukushima Checkpoint (Kiso-Fukushima)

福島関所跡

Nagano · Chubu

The site of one of the four great checkpoints (sekisho) of Edo-period Japan, where Nakasendo travelers on the Kiso Road were inspected for weapons and the movement of women. A reconstructed barrier building and small museum on the original ground overlook the Kiso River in the post town of Kiso-Fukushima. The surrounding town also preserves the atmospheric Kami-no-dan old streets.