Yokkaichi-juku
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Yokkaichi-juku (四日市宿 Yokkaichi-juku?) was the forty-third of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in the present-day city of Yokkaichi, in Mie Prefecture, Japan. It was 12.8 km from Kuwana-juku, the preceding post town.[1]
[edit] History
Yokkaichi-juku was a post town that served as the intersection between the Tōkaidō and the Ise Sangū Kaidō, which travelers used to go to Ise Shrine to pray.
[edit] Neighboring Post Towns
- Tōkaidō
- Kuwana-juku - Yokkaichi-juku - Ishiyakushi-juku
[edit] References
- ^ Tokaido 53: Yokkaichi-juku (Yokkaichi). (Japanese) Tōkaidō no Tabi. Accessed March 14, 2008.
