- Hakone-juku
nihongo|Hakone-juku|箱根宿|Hakone-juku was the tenth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in the present-day town of Hakone in Ashigarashimo District,
Kanagawa Prefecture ,Japan . At an elevation of 725m, it is the highest post station on the entire Tōkaidō and was even difficult for the "bakufu " to maintain.History
Hakone-juku was established in
1618 , in a small area betweenHakone Pass (onMount Hakone ) and the Hakone Checkpoint. [http://www.ktr.mlit.go.jp/yokohama/tokaido/02_tokaido/01_aruku/1100.htm Hakone-juku o Aruku] . Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Accessed December 10, 2007.] The original Hakone-juku was on theEdo (modern-dayTokyo ) side of the Hakone Checkpoint; however, the people living there at the time refused to build a "honjin " to create a new post station. As a result, the post town was developed on the side of the checkpoint heading towardsKyoto . The first settlers in the new post town originally lived in eitherOdawara-juku orMishima-shuku , the neighboring post stations, but were forced to Hakone-juku.Neighboring post towns
;Tōkaidō:
Odawara-juku - Hakone-juku -Mishima-shuku External links
* [http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5205.html Hakone Travel: Old Tokaido and Hakone Checkpoint]
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