The description of the second picture really confused me. Why would a road from Edo to Kyoto be called "Hokkaido Highway"? Turns out, it isn't. It's called "Tokaido Highway".
Tokaido is quite fascinating to me. A 500km long path, primarily traveled on foot even in the 19th century because there weren't many horses or carts. The rich were carried in hammocks by a team of 4 people.
