noun
hatago; Edo-period inn; travellers' lodging
Historical term for an inn where travellers during the Edo period could stay, often with meals provided. The word is still used in historical contexts or place names.
See also: 旅籠屋
東海道には多くの旅籠があった。
There were many hatago inns along the Tōkaidō road.
旅籠に一泊して、翌朝早く出発
noun
traveller's basket; food basket; fodder basket
Archaic meaning: a basket used by travellers to carry food or horse fodder. Sense 3 is the original meaning. Both are obsolete in modern Japanese.
古文書には、旅籠に干し飯を入れて運んだと記されている。
Old documents record that dried rice was carried in a traveller's basket called hatago.
We stayed overnight at a hatago and left early the next morning.
The origin is uncertain. One theory suggests it derives from 旅 (tabi, 'travel') + 籠 (kago, 'basket'), originally referring to a basket for carrying provisions, later extended to the inn itself.