In the Edo period, the main road Nakasendô connected Edo and the capital, Kyoto. One of the 69 sections of the Nakasendô was the Kiso section, containing 11 stations. The Nara-Juku was the second most northern of the 11 stations of the Kiso section and was divided into Uemachi, Chûmachi and Shitamachi. Even today it is a tourist spot in which the old Japanese spirit is present.
