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Kameyama-juku

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Kameyama-juku in the 1830s, as depicted by Hiroshige in The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Kameyama-juku (亀山宿, Kameyama-juku) was the forty-sixth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in the present-day city of Kameyama, in Mie Prefecture, Japan.

History

During the Edo period, Kameyama-juku served as both a post town and a castle town for Kameyama Castle. There are many buildings still remaining of both the post and castle town today.[1]

Kameyama-juku monument

Neighboring Post Towns

Tōkaidō
Shōno-juku - Kameyama-juku - Seki-juku

References

  1. ^ Kanko: Shiseki. City of Kameyama. Accessed December 18, 2007.
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