Something for the Trip

500 km along the Pacific ocean between Tokyo and Kyoto.

Links

Wikipedia: Tōkaidō (road)

Wikipedia: 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō

Roaming Wild Rosie: Old Tokaido Highway

東海道53次ウォーク (Tōkaidō 53 Stations Walk)

Suit Travel: 自転車で東海道五十三次の旅シリーズ (53 Stations of the Tōkaidō Bicycling Trip Series)

電子足跡:旧東海道 歩き旅 (Electronic Footprints: Old Tōkaidō Walking Trip)

Books

Meredith McKinney (Translator), Travels with a Writing Brush: Classical Japanese Travel Writing from the Manyoshu to Basho. ISBN: 9780241310878

Philippe Delord, Hiroshige’s Japan: On the Trail of the Great Woodblock Print Master — A Modern-day Artist’s Journey on the Old Tokaido Road. ISBN: 4805316292

Patrick Carey, Rediscovering the Old Tokaido: In the Footsteps of Hiroshige. ISBN: 9781901903102

Japanese-Language Guidebooks

八木 牧夫, ちゃんと歩ける東海道五十三次. ISBN: 4635600866 (East section), 4635600874 (West section)

歩いて旅する東海道. ISBN: 4635601099

Planning Table

Stay Place Dates Distance Station Lodging Train Lines
Nihonbashi (Tokyo)
35.68401,139.77442
0 km Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
  • Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Hamamatsuchō
35.65539,139.75672
3.7 km Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
Shinagawa
35.61853,139.74369
8.6 km
1
Hotels
  • Keikyu Line
  • Tōkaidō Line
  • Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Ōmori
35.58833,139.72772
12.2 km Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
  • Keikyu Line
Kamata
35.56230,139.71588
15.8 km Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
  • Keikyu Line
Kawasaki
35.53375,139.70460
19.1 km
2
Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
  • Keikyu Line
Tsurumi
35.50795,139.67727
23.1 km Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
  • Keikyu Line
Kanagawa
35.47245,139.63178
29.2 km
3
  • Keikyu Line
Yokohama Station
35.46618,139.62240
30.3 km Hotels
  • Keikyu Line
  • Tōkaidō Line
Hodogaya
35.44411,139.59571
34.3 km
4
  • Tōkaidō Line
  • Keikyu Line
Totsuka
35.39745,139.53051
43.7 km
5
Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
Fujisawa
35.34768,139.48284
51.4 km
6
Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
Hiratsuka
35.32755,139.33781
65.6 km
7
Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
Ōiso
35.30957,139.31544
68.5 km
8
  • Tōkaidō Line
Ōiso Long Beach
35.30094,139.28103
72.0 km Hotels
Odawara
35.24851,139.16075
85.2 km
9
Hotels
  • Hakone Tozan Line
  • Tōkaidō Line
  • Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Hakone-Yumoto
35.23328,139.10350
91.1 km Hotels
  • Hakone Tozan Line
Hakone
35.19236,139.02617
101.7 km
10
Hotels
Mishima
35.11940,138.91481
116.3 km
11
Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
  • Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Numazu
35.09869,138.85938
122.2 km
12
Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
Hara
35.12520,138.79798
129.3 km
13
  • Tōkaidō Line
Yoshiwara (Fuji)
35.16207,138.68836
141.0 km
14
Hotels
Fuji Station
35.15168,138.65037
144.9 km Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
Kanbara
35.12002,138.60563
153.1 km
15
Hostel
  • Tōkaidō Line
Yui
35.10785,138.56761
157.0 km
16
  • Tōkaidō Line
Satta Pass
Okitsu
35.04943,138.51890
166.5 km
17
Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
Ejiri (Shimizu)
35.01888,138.48418
171.8 km
18
Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
Fuchū (Shizuoka)
34.97667,138.38345
183.8 km
19
Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
  • Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Mariko
34.94929,138.34146
189.5 km
20
Okabe
34.91890,138.28263
197.6 km
21
Fujieda
34.87291,138.25895
204.2 km
22
Fujieda Station
34.84938,138.25190
206.7 km Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
Shimada
34.83290,138.17590
214.0 km
23
Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
Kanaya
34.82280,138.12872
219.2 km
24
  • Tōkaidō Line
Nissaka
34.80463,138.07567
226.1 km
25
Kakegawa
34.77303,138.01572
234.1 km
26
Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
  • Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Fukuroi
34.74895,137.92534
244.0 km
27
Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
Mitsuke
34.72697,137.85698
251.0 km
28
Iwata
34.71172,137.85219
253.0 km Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
Hamamatsu
34.71137,137.72536
266.2 km
29
Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
  • Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Maisaka
34.68454,137.60896
278.6 km
30
Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
Arai
34.69446,137.56125
283.4 km
31
Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Line
Shirasuka
34.68866,137.50096
290.4 km
32
Futagawa
34.72343,137.44984
296.8 km
33
  • Tōkaidō Line
Yoshida (Toyohashi)
34.76908,137.39408
304.6 km
34
Hotels
  • Nagoya Line
  • Tōkaidō Line
  • Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Goyu
34.84479,137.31855
316.7 km
35
  • Nagoya Line
Akasaka
34.85635,137.30733
318.4 km
36
  • Nagoya Line
Fujikawa
34.91149,137.22130
328.7 km
37
  • Nagoya Line
Okazaki
34.95780,137.16047
338.7 km
38
Hotels
  • Nagoya Line
Chiryū
35.00826,137.04110
351.9 km
39
Hotels
  • Nagoya Line
Narumi
35.08132,136.95023
364.1 km
40
Hotels
  • Nagoya Line
Miya (Nagoya)
35.11896,136.90518
371.6 km
41
Hotels
  • Nagoya Line
  • Kansai Line
  • Tōkaidō Line
  • Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Edo period Miya-Kuwana ferry section (no walking distance)
Kuwana
35.06820,136.69648
371.6 km
42
Hotels
  • Kansai Line
Yokkaichi
34.96736,136.62445
386.9 km
43
Hotels
  • Kansai Line
Ishiyakushi
34.89846,136.54849
398.9 km
44
Shōno
34.88418,136.52562
402.1 km
45
Hotels
  • Kansai Line
Kameyama
34.85396,136.45040
411.5 km
46
Hotels
  • Kansai Line
Kameyama Interchange
34.85830,136.41587
414.9 km Hotels
Seki
34.85230,136.39324
417.3 km
47
  • Kansai Line
Sakashita
34.88908,136.35327
423.7 km
48
Suzuka Pass
Tsuchiyama
34.93489,136.28240
433.2 km
49
Minakuchi
34.97008,136.16560
445.7 km
50
Hotels
  • Kusatsu Line
Ishibe
35.01030,136.05402
457.4 km
51
  • Kusatsu Line
Ritto
35.02204,135.99781
463.7 km Hotels
  • Kusatsu Line
Kusatsu
35.01767,135.96047
468.1 km
52
Hotels
  • Biwako Line
  • Kusatsu Line
Ōtsu
35.00597,135.86142
483.3 km
53
Hotels
  • Biwako Line
Yamashina
34.99218,135.81688
488.5 km Hotels
  • Biwako Line
Sanjō Ōhashi (Kyoto)
35.00905,135.77219
493.8 km Hotels
  • Tōkaidō Shinkansen
  • Biwako Line