| Unlike areas along Tokai-do Road that went through a rapid transfiguration due to various factors such as the post-Meiji fast economic growth and air raids during World War II, the pre-Edo period highways and post-station towns have relatively been well preserved in areas along Nakasen-do Road. |
明治以後の急速な経済発展や、第二次世界大戦時の空襲などによって、沿道が急速に変貌した東海道沿線と異なり、中山道沿線では、江戸時代以前の街道や宿場町が比較的良く保存されて来た。 |