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Shizuoka

Old Japanese Highway
“Kyu Tokaido Road“

Evoking the spirit of Edo travelers and traversing Shizuoka Prefecture
Tokaido Road is fodder for a life of adventure.

The stage for this trip is the old Tōkaidō Highway, a PAPERSKY staple. Once the portal into the pleasures of “travel” for the townsfolk of Edo and the cutting edge of various pop cultures at the time, it was this great thoroughfare that got Editor Lucas B.B. into trekking ancient highways. The Sumpu are from Numazu-juku to Kakegawa-juku is experiencing a Tokugawa Ieyasu boom under the influence of TV dramas. If one walks at the same speed as travelers of the time (about 35 km), there are many discoveries waiting.

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