Hara-juku (Tōkaidō)

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For other uses, see Harajuku (disambiguation).
Hara-juku in the 1830s, as depicted by Hiroshige in The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
Hara-juku in the 1830s, as depicted by Hiroshige in The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Hara-juku (原宿 Hara-juku?) was the thirteenth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in the present-day city of Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

[edit] History

Hara-juku was a relatively smaller post town between Numazu-juku and Yoshiwara-juku. It is the site of many paintings because of Mount Fuji in the background.[1]

[edit] Neighboring post towns

Tōkaidō
Numazu-juku - Hara-juku - Yoshiwara-juku

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hara-juku to Yoshiwara-juku. Accessed November 7, 2007.
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