Tanabu Kaidō

Tanabu Kaidō
Tanabu Highway (田名部街道)
Route information
Established by Nanbu clan, Tokugawa shogunate
Time periodEdo
Related routes
RestrictionsPermit required to travel beyond each check station
Major junctions
South endMatsumaedō
at Noheji-shukuba in Noheji
North endTanabu-shukuba in Tanabu
Location
CountryJapan
Highway system

The Tanabu Kaidō (田名部街道) is a road in eastern Aomori Prefecture that connects the town of Noheji in the south, to the city of Mutsu to the north. It was established by the Nanbu clan as an extension of the Matsumaedō a sub-route of the Ōshū Kaidō, one of the five routes established by Tokugawa Ieyasu for traveling government officials during the Edo period.