Rev.1 : 31 Jan 2008
Route of De Hofreis Rev.2 : 6 Feb 2008
Rev.3 : 30 May 2008

reported by Masaharu Kitayama

 
The period when De Hofreis was performed (The period when it was performed regularly)
 
1633 - 1850 218 years about 170 times
1633 - 1790 every year
1790 - 1850 every 4 year
 
Hirado Factory Era
 
1633 - 1640 8 years Sea route: from Hirado to Osaka
 
Hirado - Osaka Genkai-nada , Seto inland sea Sea route
Osaka - Kyoto Kyo kaido Highway Land route
Kyoto - Edo Tokaido Highway Land route
 
Dejima Factory Era
 
1641 - 1850 210 years
 
Route 1 (1641 - 1659 up) Sea route: from Nagasaki to Osaka
Nagasaki - Hirado - Osaka Smo-nada, Genkai-nada, Seto inland sea Sea route
Osaka - Kyoto Kyo kaido Highway Land route
Kyoto - Edo Tokaido Highway Land route
 
Route 2 (1659 down - unknown) Sea route: from Kokura to Osaka
Nagasaki - Tokitsu Nagasaki kaido Highway Land route
Tokitsu - Sonogi Omura bay (cross a bay)
Sonogi - Kokura Nagasaki kaido Highway Land route
Kokura - Shimonoseki - Osaka Seto inland sea Sea route
Osaka - Kyoto Kyo kaido Highway Land route
Kyoto - Edo Tokaido Highway Land route
 
Route 3 (unknown - 1775) Sea route: from Kokura to Hyogo
Nagasaki - Tokitsu Nagasaki kaido Highway Land route
Tokitsu - Sonogi Omura bay (cross a bay)
Sonogi - Kokura Nagasaki kaido Highway Land route
Kokura - Shimonoseki - Hyogo Seto inland sea Sea route
Hyogo - Nishinomiya Saigoku kaido Highway Land route
Nishinomoya - Osaka Chugoku kaido Highway Land route
Osaka - Kyoto Kyo kaido Highway Land route
Kyoto - Edo Tokaido Highway Land route
 
Route 4 (1776 - 1814) All Kyushu is Land routes
Nagasaki - Kokura Nagasaki kaido Highway Land route
Kokura - Shimonoseki - Hyogo Seto inland sea Sea route
Hyogo - Nishinomiya Saigoku kaido Highway Land route
Nishinomiya - Osaka Chugoku kaido Highway Land route
Osaka - Kyoto Kyo kaido Highway Land route
Kyoto - Edo Tokaido Higaway Land route
 
Route 5 (1818 - 1850) Sea route : from Kokura to Muro
Nagasaki - Kokura Nagasaki kaido Highway Land route
Kokura - Shimonoseki - Muro Seto inland sea Sea route
Muro - Nishinomiya Saigoku kaido Highway Land route
Nishinomiya - Osaka Chugoku kaido Highway Land route
Osaka - Kyoto Kyo kaido Highway Land route
Kyoto - Edo Tokaido Land route
 
 
Reference
 
Nippon [vol.2] P. F. B. von Sievold
Diaries kept by the Heads of the Dutch Factory in Japan
  Nagasaki Jitsuroku Taisei [Seihen]

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