Kawasaki-juku

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Kawasaki-juku (川崎宿, Kawasaki-shuku^?) was the second of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in Kawasaki-ku in the present-day city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

[edit] History

Kawasaki-juku was established as a post station in 1623, by Hasegawa Nagatsuna, a local official.^[1] It was the last post station to be built along the Tōkaidō. It was located near Heiken-ji, a Buddhist shrine, so it was often used by travelers coming to pray.

[edit] Neighboring post towns

Tōkaidō

Shinagawa-juku - Kawasaki-juku - Kanagawa-juku

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