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Seki-juku

Mie · Kameyama · Architecture

Japanese name: 関宿

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WHAT TO DOSeki-juku

No other Tokaido post town keeps this much of its Edo streetscape - 1.8 kilometres, with cables buried and signs controlled.

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No other Tokaido post town keeps this much of its Edo streetscape - 1.8 kilometres, with cables buried and signs controlled.

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Seki-juku (関宿, Seki-juku) was the forty-seventh of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It was located in former Ise Province in what is now the Seki neighborhood of the city of Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, Japan.

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Founded / opened:Edo period Highlights / collection:1.8-kilometre post town, 200 townhouses Genre:Architecture

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