
Kōshū Kaidō
The print
Printed to order at 300 DPI, rendered natively at your size and never upscaled. Print only; the frame in the photos is for scale.
Shipping & returns
Printed in 2 to 5 business days, then 3 to 5 in transit within the US, rolled in a sturdy tube. Free US shipping; outside the US, shipping is calculated at checkout. 14-day reprint-or-refund guarantee, any reason, no return shipping. You have 1 hour after checkout to change trail, style or size, just reply to your confirmation email. Full returns policy.
About the Kōshū Kaidō trail
Kōshū Kaidō covers 69.3 miles point to point in Japan. The route rises 4,782 feet in total, and its elevation spans 843 to 3,537 feet. The steepest pitch reaches 15 percent, against an average of 69 feet of gain per mile. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the very strenuous band. The nearest town is Ōtsuki, 2 miles away.
The trail
The Kōshū Kaidō (甲州街道) was one of the five routes or major highways of the Edo period. It was built to connect Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with Kai Province in modern-day Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Along the route
- 下花咲 一里塚mi 0.8
- 自由園mi 16.8
- 宮川地区コミュニティセンターmi 61.8
- Honjin at Shimosuwami 69.3
Places OpenStreetMap maps within 150 m of the route.
Questions about the Kōshū Kaidō print
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Trail geometry and place names for this print: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Elevation: AWS Terrain Tiles. The derived trail dataset is published at /open-data. Best months are an estimate from NASA POWER climate data (CC BY 4.0), 2001 to 2020 monthly averages adjusted to the trail's elevation, not an official season; check current conditions and closures.