was the third of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It was located in Kanagawa-ku in the present-day city of

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. It was close to Kanagawa Port. Many of its historical artifacts were destroyed by the

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and bombings during

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.Tōkaidō Kanagawa-juku
. City of Yokohama. Accessed October 18, 2007.

History

Kanagawa-juku was established parallel to Kanagawa Port and it flourished as part of the route that goods traveled on the way to

Sagami Province was a province of Japan located in what is today the central and western Kanagawa Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kanagawa''" at . Sagami Province bordered the provinces of Izu, Musashi, and Suruga. It had access to the Pac ...

. Though the area had officially been designated as the place for the port to be opened, it was actually opened on the opposite shore in what is now Naka-ku, Yokohama. After the country was opened to

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, the center of commerce was moved to the opposite shore as well. In 1889, the town of Kanagawa was established, and it eventually merged into Yokohama in 1901.

Neighboring post towns

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Hodogaya-juku was the fourth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in Hodogaya-ku in the present-day city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Occasionally, it is also written as . History Hodogaya-juku was established in 1601, an ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kanagawa-Juku Stations of the Tōkaidō Stations of the Tōkaidō in Kanagawa Prefecture