Yoshida-juku

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Yoshida-juku (吉田宿, Yoshida-juku^?) was the thirty-fourth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in the city of Toyohasi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was 287 km from the start of the route in Edo's Nihonbashi and 6.1 km from Futagawa-juku to the east and 10.5 km from Goyu-shuku to the west.

[edit] History

Yoshida-juku was established in 1601, and was a post station since the establishment of the Tōkaidō that same year. It was about 2.6 km wide and served both as Yoshida Castle's castle town^[1] and as a port town. It was one of the larger post stations on the Tōkaidō and was also known for its meshimori onna.^[1]

As of a census taken in 1802, there were two honjin, one sub-honjin and 65 hatago to serve the travelers. The town as a whole consisted of approximately 1,000 buildings and had a population of 5,000 to 7,000 people.

During the Meiji period, Toyohashi Station was built in a nearby village and, as a result, the Yoshida-juku area was able to begin developing as a city.

[edit] Neighboring Post Towns

Tōkaidō

Futagawa-juku - Yoshida-juku - Goyu-shuku

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