The Bitter End

Art of the Edo Period

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido

43. Yokkaichi-juku (Yokkaichi)

Yokkaichi-juku

Yokkaichi-juku was the forty-third of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido. 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.

History

Yokkaichi-juku was a post town that served as the intersection between the Tokaido and the Ise Sangu Kaido, which travelers used to go to Ise Shrine to pray.