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Yawata-shuku (八幡宿, Yawata-shuku) was the twenty-fourth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Saku, in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
History
Yawata-shuku is located on the west bank of the Shinano River, just across from Shionada-shuku, the preceding post town. Though these two post towns are located not much more than 500 meters away, Yawata-shuku was able to develop during the Keichō era in the early Edo period. It was a comparatively small post town, but its prosperity came from it serving as a rest area at times when the Shinano River could not be crossed and as a distribution center for rice.
Neighboring post towns
- Nakasendō
- Shionada-shuku - Yawata-shuku - Mochizuki-shuku
References
- Yawata-juku. JTB Corporation. Accessed August 3, 2007.
| Stations of the Nakasendō | |
|---|---|
| Musashi | |
| Kōzuke | |
| Shinano | |
| Mino | |
| Ōmi | |
| Yamashiro | |
36°16′25″N 138°23′41″E / 36.2735°N 138.3947°E / 36.2735; 138.3947
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