Yokkaichi-juku

Yokkaichi-juku

nihongo|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. [http://www.tokaido.co.jp/lab/wada/tour25.htm Tokaido 53: Yokkaichi-juku (Yokkaichi)] . ja icon Tōkaidō no Tabi. Accessed March 14, 2008.]

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.

Neighboring Post Towns

;Tōkaidō:Kuwana-juku - Yokkaichi-juku - Ishiyakushi-juku

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