Magome

Magome is a post town in . One of the most visited places in the , Magome has been beautifully restored as an Edo Era post town and stone walkways line the town.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: post town in Kiso Valley in Gifu, Japan
  • Also known as: “Magome-juku”
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Tōson Memorial Museum and Magome-tōge Pass.

Museum
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is a museum in Magome-juku, Nakatsugawa, , Japan dedicated to the life and works of Shimazaki Tōson. The writer was born in the former Honjin in 1872, but his birthplace and childhood home was mostly destroyed in the conflagration of 1895.

Mountain saddle
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is a mountain saddle.

Museum
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Narai and Tsumago.

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is a post-town in , . It developed as a stop on the Nakasendo, a trail that connected and , it was once the wealthiest post-town in the and was nicknamed "Narai of a Thousand Houses" due to the many houses along its main road.

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is a post-town in . One of the most visited places in the , has been beautifully restored as an Edo Era post-town but in a more authentic manner that other similar restorations like Magome.

Magome

Latitude
35.5268° or 35° 31′ 37″ north
Longitude
137.5677° or 137° 34′ 4″ east
Open location code
8Q7VGHG9+P3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11367159443
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q1433284
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Urdu—“Magome” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Maqome-cuku”
  • Belarusian: “Магомэ-юку”
  • Bengali: “মাগোমে-জুকু”
  • Catalan: “Magome-juku”
  • Chinese: “馬籠宿”
  • Chinese: “马笼宿”
  • French: “Magome-juku”
  • Georgian: “მაგომე-ძუკუ”
  • German: “Magome-juku”
  • German: “Magome”
  • German: “Magomejuku”
  • Irish: “Magome-juku”
  • Italian: “Magome-juku”
  • Japanese: “Magome-juku”
  • Japanese: “馬籠”
  • Japanese: “馬籠宿”
  • Russian: “Магомэ-дзюку”
  • Spanish: “Magome-juku”
  • Urdu: “ماگومے جوکو”

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