Nankaido

The Nankaido (南海道), literally meaning southern sea road was both an ancient region of Japan and a ancient road which connected provincial capitals in this region. It was one of the Gokishichido

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. As a region Nankaido included Kii province, Awaji province and the whole four provinces in Shikoku: Awa, Sanuki, Tosa and Iyo.

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The road extend from Nara to the seacoast to the south on the Kii Peninsula of the island of Honshu in Japan and crossing the sea, extended to Yura (nowadays Sumoto) and then Shikoku.

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Gokishichido: Gokishichido (five provinces and seven outer areas ????) was the name for ancient administrative units in Japan controlled by the Yamato court and borrowed from China. Within each of the gokishichido was a road of the same name connecting the provincial capitals inside that administrative area....