Iwata City Tourist Information Center

Post Town Station Seal Pilgrimage

Mitsuke-shuku

Mitsuke-shuku is a post town station on the Tokaido, located almost in the center of the 53 stages of the Tokaido, which is about 492 km, facing Sanbonmatsu in the east, Sakaimachi in the west, and Imanoura in the south. A tenmajo, where horses and people were changed, was placed in Higashizaka-cho in the post town station. It prospered as the capital of Japan after the Heian Period. It was granted autonomy during the Warring States Period. It has been called “Mitsuke no Kofu'” and “Mitsuke no Fu” since ancient times. It functioned as a post town station from early on when the Tokaido was developed in the Edo Period. Mitsuke-shuku's specialties at that time included gomontori (bean paste cake), soft-shelled turtle, soba noodles, udon noodles, kogen tabi socks, matsukaze dessert, chestnut rice cakes, and pumpkins.

Mitsuke-shuku is the 28th inn counting from Nihonbashi, the starting point of the 53 stages of the Tokaido. The space between the wooden doors in the east and the west is long and narrow, with a length of about 1.2 km. It has a long and narrow shape of 2 km. A milestone is on the left and right of the road near the wooden door in the east. There are many shrines and temples near the highway, connected by side streets called shoji. We invite you to walk along the narrow alleys and imagine the atmosphere of a post town station in the olden days.

Sales location information

Address: 〒438-0078　1-1−5 Nakaizumi, Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture

TEL: 0538-33-1222

Business hours: 9:00 am-5:00 pm

Regular holidays: Every Monday (the following weekday if the Monday is a public holiday), 12/29-1/3

Access: 1 minute walk from the north exit of JR Iwata Station

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