 Edo Walking Tour: The Oshu Kaido | This tool calculates the distance between post stations along the Oshu Kaido. The Oshu Kaido branches off from the Nikko Kaido at Utsunomiya and heads toward Shirakawa. By selecting your stride length, you can see the number of steps required, which can serve as a reference for your walks. |
| Edo Walking Tour: Koshu Kaido | This tool calculates the distance between post stations along the Koshu Kaido. By selecting your stride length, it will display the number of steps required, which can serve as a reference for your walks. |
| Edo Walking Tour: Nikko Kaido | This tool calculates the distance between post stations along the Nikko Kaido. By selecting your stride length, it will display the number of steps required, making it a useful reference for your walks. |
| Edo Walking Tour: The 69 Stages of the Nakasendo Trail | This tool calculates the distance between post stations along the Nakasendo Road. By selecting your stride length, it will calculate the number of steps, which can serve as a reference for your walks. |
| Edo Walking: The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō | This tool calculates the distance between post stations along the Tokaido Road. Enter your stride length to see the number of steps required, which can serve as a reference for your walks. |
| Edo: Area in Meters | Convert the area from the Edo period to square meters. |
| Edo: Conversion to Meters | This tool converts distance units used during the Edo period (sato, cho, and ken) into meters (m). |
| Converting Edo Meters to Sato, Cho, and Ken | Converts meters (m) to Edo-period units (ri, cho, ken). |
| Edo: Conversion to Grams | This tool converts weight measurements used during the Edo period into grams. |
| Edo: Converting the volume of rice and sake to liters | Here are the conversions of the traditional Japanese units of measurement for rice and sake—ishi, to, sho, and go—from the Edo period to liters. |
| Edo Period: Conversion of Weight, Height, and Shoe Size | We convert body measurements from the Edo period into modern units. |
| Converting Edo-period carpentry measurements to meters | This converts the units of length used in carpentry during the Edo period to meters. |
| Conversion of the "kujirashaku" (whale-bone ruler) used in Edo-period kimono tailoring to centimeters | Convert the length of the kujishaku (a traditional Japanese measuring rod used in kimono tailoring) to centimeters. |
| Conversion of Edo-period Currency to Yen | We convert Edo-period currency into modern yen. |
| Edo-Period Currency Calculator (Abacus?) | You can perform basic arithmetic operations on Edo-period currency using the units "ryo," "bun," "shu," and "mon." |
| Living Expenses of the Common People in Edo | Calculate your annual living expenses and compare them to your income. |
| Salaries of Edo-period Samurai | The salaries of samurai who did not hold fiefs equivalent to thirty koku or two koku per person were converted into koku or koku-equivalent units. |
| Time Conversion in the Edo Period (Irregular Time System) | This tool converts the time notation used by common people during the Edo period (the "indeterminate time system") into modern time. |
| Time Conversion in the Edo Period (Fixed-Hour System) | This tool converts time expressions from the traditional Japanese fixed-hour system to modern time notation.
The fixed-hour system was used until the Muromachi period, but from the Edo period onward, it appears to have been a time system used exclusively by calendar scholars. |
| Conversion from the Gregorian calendar to the Japanese calendar (displayed as the first day of the month) | Converts the first day of each month in the specified Gregorian year to the corresponding date in the Japanese calendar. |
| Conversion from the Japanese calendar to the Gregorian calendar (first day of the month) | Converts the first day of each month in the specified Japanese calendar year to a Gregorian calendar date. |
Life in Edo