Tokaido

Tōkaidō (東海道) (literally, East Sea Route) is the name of several things:

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• National Route 1, which links Tokyo and Osaka;
• The Tokaido Main Line, which links Tokyo and Kobe;
• One of the Edo Five Routes, which linked Edo (now Tokyo) and Kyoto along the shore (see below); and
• An ancient route from Kyoto to the eastern provinces along the south shore, or the set of provinces linked by the route.