Toriimoto-juku

Toriimoto-juku (鳥居本宿, Toriimoto-juku) was the sixty-third of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the north of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan[1].

Hiroshige's print of Toriimoto-juku, part of The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series

Even today, there are remnants of the former post town around. If you enter from the north, you pass by a pine colonnade that leads to the still-standing buildings.[2] Toriimoto-juku was able to flourish as a post town with its one honjin and two secondary honjin because it was part of other pathways, including the Chōsenjin Kaidō,[2] which connected the post station with Musa-juku.

Neighboring post towns
Nakasendō
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References
  1. Toriimoto-juku
  2. Nakasendou Toriimoto-juku. Hikone City. Accessed July 20, 2007.

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