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Between Japan's two ancient capitals: the Heian court's closed imperial world, the Phoenix Hall at Byōdō-in, the Battle of Uji — where warrior monks held a bridge — and Heijō-kyō, the eighth-century capital that was simply abandoned mid-sentence.
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.