Nikkō Kaidō

The Nikkō Kaidō (日光街道^?) was one of the five routes of the Edo period and it was built to connect Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with the Nikkō Tōshō-gū, which is located in the present-day city of , , Japan. It was established in 1617 by Tokugawa Ieyasu, in order for him to have a smoother route to the shrine. With only twenty-one stations, the Nikkō Kaidō was the shortest of the five routes, but it shares seventeen stations with the Ōshū Kaidō. Part of its route can be traced with Japan's Route 4.

The 21 stations of the Nikkō Kaidō are listed below in order and are divided by their modern-day prefecture. The present day municipality is listed afterwards in parentheses.

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