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Nakasendō Topographic print
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Custom topographic print

Nakasendō

$59
Drawn from the real elevation of Nakasendō.
StyleTopographic
Available in 10 styles: Horizon, Topographic, Blueprint, Type Fill, Ridgeline, Ridge, Peak, Summit, Dot Grid, Risograph
Size 18×24″
Print only, rolled in a tube. Fits a standard 18×24″ frame.
Free US shipping · Made to order · at your door in 5 to 10 business days
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.

Nakasendō · Topographic · 18×24″
$59 5 to 10 business days

About the Nakasendō trail

230 feet of elevation gain over 0.5 miles: that is Nakasendō, an out-and-back in Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park running between 3,625 and 3,937 feet. The steepest pitch reaches 24 percent, against an average of 460 feet of gain per mile. On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the easiest band. The nearest town is Karuizawa, 2 miles away.

The trail

The Nakasendō (中山道, Central Mountain Route), also called the Kisokaidō (木曾街道), was one of the centrally administered five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected the de facto capital of Japan at Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto. There were 69 stations (staging-posts) between Edo and Kyoto, crossing through Musashi, Kōzuke, Shinano, Mino and Ōmi provinces.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Questions about the Nakasendō print

What sizes does the Nakasendō poster come in?
4 sizes: 12×16″ $39, 18×24″ $59, 24×32″ $79, 30×40″ $99. Every size is printed natively at 300 DPI, from $39.
Is this made from real elevation data?
Yes. The contours and elevation profile are drawn from USGS 3DEP and AWS Terrain Tiles sampled along the actual Nakasendō track.
How hard is Nakasendō?
On our gain-and-distance scale it falls in the easiest band: 0.5 mi one way with 230 ft of climbing. The scale uses only distance and climbing; it does not account for exposure, altitude, cables, river crossings or permits.
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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.