The Bitter End

Art of the Edo Period

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido

40. Narumi-juku (Midori-ku, Nagoya)

Narumi-juku

Narumi-juku was the fortieth of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido. It is located in what is now part of the Midori-ku section of the city of Nagoya, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

History

Narumi-juku had a population of 3,643 people at its peak. The post station also had 847 buildings, including one honjin, two sub-honjin and 68 hatago.

The classic ukiyoe print by Ando Hiroshige (Hoeido edition) from 1831 to 1834 depicts travellers passing by open-fronted shops selling tie-died cloth, typically used for making yukata summer kimono, which was a local speciality of the region.

The railroad bypassed Narumi-juku in the Meiji period, and a portion of the old town is preserved as a tourist attraction.