Kanagawa-juku

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

Kanagawa-juku (神奈川宿, Kanagawa-juku) was the third of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in Kanagawa-ku in the present-day city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is close to Kanagawa Port. Many of its historical artifacts were destroyed by the Great Kantō earthquake and bombings during World War II.^[1]

History

Kanagawa-juku was established parallel to Kanagawa Port and it flourished as part of the route that goods traveled on the way to Sagami Province. Though the area had officially been designated as the place for the port to be opened, it was actually opened on the opposite shore in what is now Naka-ku, Yokohama.

After the country was opened to international trade, the center of commerce was moved to the opposite shore as well. In 1889, the town of Kanagawa was established, and it eventually merged into Yokohama in 1901.

Neighboring post towns

Tōkaidō: Kawasaki-juku - Kanagawa-juku - Hodogaya-juku

References

Media related to Kanagawa-juku at Wikimedia Commons

↑ Tōkaidō Kanagawa-juku. City of Yokohama. Accessed October 18, 2007.

Stations of the Tōkaidō

Musashi	Nihonbashi Shinagawa Kawasaki Kanagawa Hodogaya

Sagami	Totsuka Fujisawa Hiratsuka Ōiso Odawara Hakone

Izu	Mishima

Suruga	Numazu Hara-juku Yoshiwara Kanbara Yui Okitsu Ejiri Fuchū Mariko Okabe Fujieda Shimada

Tōtōmi	Kanaya Nissaka Kakegawa Fukuroi Mitsuke Hamamatsu Maisaka Arai Shirasuka

Mikawa	Futagawa Yoshida Goyu Akasaka Fujikawa Okazaki Chiryū

Owari	Narumi Miya

Ise	Kuwana Yokkaichi Ishiyakushi Shōno Kameyama Seki Sakashita

Ōmi	Tsuchiyama Minakuchi Ishibe Kusatsu Ōtsu

Yamashiro	Sanjō Ōhashi

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