Hatago
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Name origin
Hatago means "traveling basket." The word itself originally derived from baskets that contained food for horses and were carried by travelers. From there, it became a tool with which travelers were carry their own food and goods. Shops that began preparing and selling food for travelers gained the suffix Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., meaning "shop," but this was eventually shortened to just hatago.
Preserved hatago
Because many post stations along the Tōkaidō, Nakasendō and other historical routes have been either preserved or rebuilt, there are many traditional hatago still in existence today. While some have only been preserved as public buildings and museums, others have continued to operate for the past few hundred years.
Lodgings
- Tōkaidō
- Akasaka-juku's Ōhashi-ya[1]
- Nakasendō
- Ashida-shuku's Tsuchi-ya
- Narai-juku's Echigo-ya[2]
- Yabuhara-juku's Kome-ya[3]
- Tsumago-juku's Matsuyo-ya
- Hosokute-juku's Daikoku-ya
- Tarui-juku's Kamemaru-ya
Museums
- Tōkaidō
- Okabe-juku's Kashiba-ya
- Nissaka-shuku's Kawasaka-ya and Yorozu-ya
- Arai-juku's Kinokuni-ya
- Futagawa-juku's Seimei-ya
- Seki-juku's Tama-ya
See also
References
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- ^ Ōhashi-ya Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Aichi Prefectural Education Center. Accessed November 6, 2007.
- ^ Nagano-ken no Kaidō to Shukuba Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Yasunao Hayashi. Accessed November 6, 2007.
- ^ Nagano no Onsen-shuku Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Accessed November 6, 2007.
