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This map seems to be about Kyoto, but what does it show: streets with shops, inns or restaurants, and distance between them or what?

藝州廣島ヨリ大和廻高野廻若浦廻名古屋多賀廻京都マデ道中記
From Hiroshima, Aki(Geishū) Province via Yamato, Kōya, Wakaura, Nagoya and Taga to Kyōto　-　Travelleｒｓ’Notes
Publisher,
御定宿　　　The Inn You Always Stay
ますや京都　Masuya Kyōto
京、五條通大橋東入　Kyōto,Gojō-dōri Ōhashi Higashi Hairu

Dates back ca. early or mid- 19.C.


With regards,
I.Nagy

Dear sir,
Thank you for your reply.
I am sorry to feel so dum,but I can't locate your translations within the map.
Would it be possible to let me know which ones correspond to lower or upper cartouches, or to within the map itself...
Also, I feel that the indication between two sites along a road (?) do correspond to the distance between them. Is it right?
Finally, do these sites along roads are hotels or inns, or what?
Thanks a lot for all your help!!!

This is an East - West oriented schematic map of the old Yamato Province and its surroundings.
(East = Top, West = Bottom, North = Left, South = Right)
Location of significant places on this map;
Top right corner; Nagoya 名古や
Marked with red dot to the right to it; Tsu 津
Middle top, two red dots under the rising sun;
Left;　Naikū 内宮　Inner Shrine of Ise-Jingu
Right; Gekū 外宮　Outer Shrine of Ise-Jingu
On the top far right; Kōya 高や
Middle of the map, market with smaller red dot; Nara なら
Beneath Nara, big circle (red with two red lines);
Ōsaka 大坂　
To the left of Ōsaka (Inn marked in a square): Kyōto
Hiroshima is the last marked place on the road to the West (on the far right)

Names framed cartouche-style along the roads are all place names, as on the modern maps. Distances and accomondations are not marked.

With regards,
I.Nagy

Again, all my thanks for your help!
I still wonder about the signs systematically written between two adjacent names of places framed cartouche-style. Don't you think they might indicate distances (ri in hiragana or katakana) between those places?
Francis

Dear Francis,
You are right.Zoomed in and looked at more carefully the distances between two place names are duly indicated. Sorry, I dodn't really zoom in.
Distances between two places are given in "Ri"-s and
"Cho"-s, e.g.半り Half Ri, 一り　One Ri, 三り　Three Ri, 一りヨ Little over one Ri, 一丁　One Cho, 二丁　Two Cho etc.

1 Ri (里) = 36 Cho (町・丁), 1 Ri = 3,93 Km 1 Cho = 0,11 Km

With regards,
I.Nagy

Thanks a lot for the precise indications!
Best regards,
Francis

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