was the thirty-ninth of the sixty-nine stations of the

Nakasendō The , also called the ,Richard Lane, ''Images from the Floating World'' (1978) Chartwell, Secaucus ; pg. 285 was one of the centrally administered Edo Five Routes, five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected the ''de facto'' ...

, as well as the seventh of eleven stations on the Kisoji. It is located in the present-day village of Ōkuwa, in the Kiso District of

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History

Of all of the post towns along the Kisoji, Suhara was the first one to be established,Kisoji Shukuba-machi Series: Suhara-juku
. Higashi Nihon Denshin Denwa. Accessed July 25, 2007. though originally at a different location. After the town was washed away by a major flood in 1717, it was moved to its present location.

Neighboring post towns

;Nakasendō & Kisoji : Agematsu-juku - Suhara-juku - Nojiri-juku

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suhara-Juku Stations of the Nakasendō Stations of the Nakasendo in Nagano Prefecture