title: Nojiri-juku (Nakasendō)
text: # Nojiri-juku (Nakasendō)
  
  Nojiri-juku (野尻宿, Nojiri-juku) was the fortieth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, as well as the eighth of eleven stations on the Kisoji. It is located in the present-day village of Ōkuwa, in the Kiso District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
  
  ## History
  
  Nojiri-juku was the longest post town along the Kisoji, after Narai-juku. Because of all the turns in the road, though, it was often called "Nana-mawari (七回り)," which means "seven turns." However, there was a large fire in 1791, which destroyed much of the post town.
  
  ## Neighboring post towns
  
  ### Nakasendō & Kisoji
  
      Suhara-juku – Nojiri-juku – Midono-juku
  