“The Old Tokaido” Trailer: https://youtu.be/P5TZ5-pEI5E
Follow the footsteps of Hiroshige along the Tokaido, 175 years after he travelled between Tokyo and Kyoto by www.tokaido.be. Now on YouTube on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the broadcast. Search “The Old Tokaido” to find the programs. Note: Great resource to look at 1830’s and present day, with narration of present day and comparison to 1830 Hiroshige’s prints with explanation. The numbering used here is 1-55, which includes 1: Nihonbashi and 55: Kyoto. In the Hiroshige prints, the first and last stations were not included in the numbering, resulting in 53 stations.
- Day 1 https://youtu.be/t1TdAJxVKOw
- (Covers stations (1-3): Nihonbashi, Shinagawa, Kawasaki)
- Day 2: https://youtu.be/U4wfcnsA5Jc
- (Covers stations (4-6): Kanagawa, Hodogaya, Totsuka)
- Day3 https://youtu.be/s6rXLtkDLAw
- (Covers stations (7-9): Fujisawa, Hiratsuka, Ōiso)
- Day 4: https://youtu.be/JCjo-y97IZA
- (Covers stations (10-12): Odawara, Hakone, Mishima)
- Day 5: https://youtu.be/I52TSVIwqII
- (Covers stations (13-15): Numazu, Hara, Yoshiwara)
- Day 6 https://youtu.be/kgDHNJ4hK5E
- (Covers stations (16-19): Kanbara, Yui, Okitsu, Ejiri)
- Fuji City, Mt Fuji, Paper Festival,
- Day 7: https://youtu.be/f1heWdVCQ8M
- (Covers stations (20-21): Shizuoka, Mariko)
- Shimizu, fish market
- Day 8 https://youtu.be/UachZ0wx3hw
- (Covers stations (22-23): Okabe, Fujieda
- Okabe (school), Fujieda 5:27
- Day 9 https://youtu.be/MHClE4EZEoA
- (Covers stations (24-26): Shimada, Kanaya, Nissaka
- Day 10 https://youtu.be/nXe79EdPhC4
- (Covers stations 26 – 30): Kakegawa, Fukuroi, Mitsuke, Hamamatsu
- Kakegawa (pre-school, castle)
- Day 11 https://youtu.be/FVPw6P95OVI
- (Covers stations 31 – 34): Maisaka, Arai, Shirasuka, Futagawa
- Day 12: https://youtu.be/vsgAu7x2SHY
- (Covers stations 35 – 36): Toyohashi, Goyu
- Day 13 https://youtu.be/3Ewi-vUdFBA
- (Covers stations 37 – 39): Akasaka, Fujikawa, Okazaki
- Weather report, temple
- Day 14: https://youtu.be/sEW1HIoJGco
- (Covers stations 40 – 43): Chiriyū, Narumi, Nagoya, Kuwana
- Day 15 https://youtu.be/HhUVgnzbTMY
- (Covers station 43): Yokkaichi
- Ise Bay (on a fishing boat)
- Day 16: https://youtu.be/O_W2kT10btw
- (Covers stations 45 – 48): Ishiyakushi, Shōno, Kameyama, Seki
- Day 17 https://youtu.be/30T0_R0Njek
- (Covers stations 49 – 52): Sakanoshita, Tsuchiyma, Minakuchi, Ishibe
- Day 18 https://youtu.be/XDIiRNf3VP4
- (Covers stations 53 – 55): Kusatsu, Ōtsu, Kyōto
- Day 19: https://youtu.be/wmhEZpt4kZs
- (Covers station 55): Kyoto
A YouTube release of this classic travel tale on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of its broadcast, brought to you by your travel partners at www.travelsentry.org and www.loc8.it. For more information on the series, please check www.tokaido.be.
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