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On the road that carried mackerel to Kyoto; a channel runs before every house, binding street and daily life by water.
About this place
Kumagawa-juku is a post town on the old Saba Kaido road linking Wakasa and Kyoto, in Wakasa, Mikata-Kaminaka District, Fukui Prefecture. It has been selected as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings under the name "Wakasa Kumagawa-juku Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings." On 24 April 2015 it was also certified as a Japan Heritage site as a component of "The Cultural Heritage of Wakasa's Travel Routes Linking the Sea and the Capital: Wakasa, Land of Imperial Food (Miketsukuni), and the Saba Kaido."
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Founded / opened：1589 Highlights / collection：Post town on the Saba Kaido, Waterways of the Maekawa River Genre：Architecture
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