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.