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A pilgrimage stop between two sacred mountains, its houses stepped up stone terraces on a steep slope.
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Akasawa is a settlement in Hayakawa, Minamikoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture. It flourished as a post stop for pilgrims to Mount Minobu, the head temple of the Nichiren school, and Mount Shichimen, also a sacred mountain of the Nichiren school. The settlement has been selected as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. The postal code is 409-2733. Akasawa-juku lies in the south of Hayakawa in the southwest of Yamanashi Prefecture, at the southeastern end of the Southern Alps, and the settlement stretches over steep mountainside slopes at an altitude of 500 to 600 meters on the right bank of the Harukigawa River, which has its source on Mount Shichimen and is a tributary of the Hayakawa River, itself a tributary of the Fuji River.
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Founded / opened：Edo period Highlights / collection：Pilgrim inn at Akasawa-juku, Stone walls on a steep slope Genre：Architecture
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