Ageo-shuku (上尾宿 Ageo-shuku) was the fifth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Ageo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Originally built as a rest area for the Late Hōjō clan, Ageo-shuku became a station on the Nakasendō in 1603.[1] Though it was comparatively small in terms of its size as a post town on the Nakasendō, it had the largest honjin after Shiojiri-shuku. Additionally, it also had three secondary honjin. There are no remains of any of the honjin in Ageo, but present-day Hikawakuwa Shrine is located in the center of where they all stood. The main honjin was located in front of the shrine, with one of the secondary ones on each side. The third secondary building was located just south of where the shrine is. A Maruhiro Department Store is presently located on the former site of the honjin.[1]
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