Sentence examples for post stations from inspiring English sources

The cobweb survives in main arteries that radiate out from the centre, leaving the old city through post stations called the Five Mouths.

The major cities in the prefecture, including Hamamatsu and Shizuoka, lie along the line; they were important post stations along the historic route.

Travelers carried letters and city newspapers to the local residents, and would stay overnight at these inns, many of which served as post stations.

During the Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603 1867), Kawasaki was one of the last post stations on the Tōkaidō ("Eastern Sea Road")—the main historic land route between Edo (now Tokyo) and Kyōto before the road reached Edo.

While the Grand Canal had its post stations, canal locks, ramps, moles, and paved towpaths, the land route from Beijing to the Yalu River was less elaborate but still featured the necessary distance markers and walled stations.

For this project, 623 trestle bridges, five large bridges, 107 km (66 mi) of new roadways, and 64 buildings including rest houses, post stations, and relay stations were built.

Nagano later developed as a market town and post station along the Hokkoku Road.

Fuji was a post station along the Tōkaidō ("Eastern Sea Road") during the Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603 1867).

A castle town in early times, it became a post station and river port during the Tokugawa period (1603 1867).

The town was a post station on the Tōkaidō ("Eastern Sea Road")—the main historic land route between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyōto during the Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603 1868).

Hamamatsu was a post station on the Tōkaidō ("Eastern Sea Road")—the main historic land route between Edo (Tokyo) and Kyōto during the Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603 1868).