Kusatsu-juku

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Hiroshige's print of Kusatsu-juku, part of the The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series
Hiroshige's print of Kusatsu-juku, part of the The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series
Kusatsu-juku in the 1830s, as depicted by Hiroshige in The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
Kusatsu-juku in the 1830s, as depicted by Hiroshige in The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
Kusatsu-juku's honjin
Kusatsu-juku's honjin

Kusatsu-juku (草津宿 Kusatsu-juku?) was the sixty-eighth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, as well as the fifty-second of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in the downtown area of the present-day city of Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

[edit] History

Coming from Moriyama-juku, the borders of Kusatsu-juku started at the banks of the Kusatsu River to the present-day Miya-chō in Kusatsu.

Kusatsu-juku had two honjin, one of which was constructed in 1635 and stood until 1870.[1] This same honjin was later rebuilt and opened as a museum in 1996.[1]

[edit] Neighboring Post Towns

Nakasendō
Moriyama-juku - Kusatsu-juku - Ōtsu-juku
Tōkaidō
Ishibe-juku - Kusatsu-juku - Ōtsu-juku

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Kusatsu-shi, Kusatsu-juku. City of Kusatsu. Accessed July 17, 2007.
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