Hatago

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A hatago in Japan which today functions as a museum

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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

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Akasaka-juku's Ōhashi-ya

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

Museums

See also

References

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  1. Ōhashi-ya. Aichi Prefectural Education Center. Accessed November 6, 2007.
  2. Nagano-ken no Kaidō to Shukuba Template:Webarchive. Yasunao Hayashi. Accessed November 6, 2007.
  3. Nagano no Onsen-shuku. Accessed November 6, 2007.

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