Hodogaya-juku

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Hodogaya-juku in the 1830s, as depicted by Hiroshige in The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
Hodogaya-juku in the 1830s, as depicted by Hiroshige in The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Hodogaya-juku (程ヶ谷宿 Hodogaya-juku?) was the fourth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in Hodogaya-ku in the present-day city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Occasionally, it is also written as 保土ヶ谷宿.

[edit] History

Hodogaya-juku was established in 1601, and it was the western most post station in Musashi Province during the Edo period. The honjin still belongs to the same family today as the one that owned it when it was first opened.

Additionally, there is a stone Buddha statue that travelers often prayed to for safety while traveling along the Tōkaidō.[1]

[edit] Neighboring post towns

Tōkaidō
Kanagawa-juku - Hodogaya-juku - Totsuka-juku

Minor routes, including the Kanazawa-Kamakura-dō (金沢鎌倉道), the Hachiōji-dō (八王子道) and the Ōyama-dō (大山道), branched off of the Tōkaidō at Hodogaya-juku.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The stone Buddha and Pagoda. Yokohama City Hall. Accessed December 10, 2007.
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