Miya-juku

Miya-juku
Miya-juku in the 1830s, as depicted by Hiroshige in The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Miya-juku (宮宿 Miya-juku?) was the forty-first of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in the Atsuta-ku section of the city of Nagoya, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was six km from Narumi-juku, the preceding post station.[1]

History

In addition to being a post station on the Tōkaidō, it was also part of the Minoji (a minor route which runs to Tarui-juku on the Nakasendō) and the Saya Kaidō. As a result, it had the most hatago of any post station along the Tōkaidō, in addition to its two honjin.

Neighboring post towns

Tōkaidō
Narumi-juku - Miya-juku - Kuwana-juku
Saya Kaidō
Miya-juku (starting location) - Iwazuka-juku
Minoji
Miya-juku (starting location) - Nagoya-juku

References

  1. ^ Tokaido 53: Miya-juku (Nagoya). (Japanese) Tōkaidō no Tabi. Accessed March 7, 2008.