Important barrier checkpoints included, the Hakone-no-seki, Arai-sekisho and Suzuka-no-seki Barriers along the Tokaido Road, the Usui-sekisho and Fukushima-yado Barriers along the Nakasendo Road, the Kobotoke-sekisho Barrier along the Koshu-kaido Road, and the Kuribashi-yado Barrier on the Nikko-kaido Road.
主な関所には、東海道の箱根関や新居関所や鈴鹿関、中山道の碓氷関所や福島宿、甲州街道の小仏関所、日光街道の栗橋宿などがある。