Sakashita-juku
Sakashita-juku (坂下宿, Sakashita-juku) was the forty-eighth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in the present-day city of Kameyama, in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
History
Sakashita flourished as a post town during the Edo period because of its location at the entrance to the Suzuka Pass (鈴鹿峠 Suzuka Tōge).[1] However, the Suzuka Pass was also the reason for the post town's decline in the Meiji period; the pass was too steep for rail lines to be laid, so the rail went through Tsuge Station (present-day Iga), bypassing the formerly flourishing town.
Today, there are only a few private residences left at the site of the former post station, as well as very little historical architecture. The only thing that marks the former site is a stone marker built by the former town of Seki.
Neighboring post towns
- Tōkaidō
- Seki-juku - Sakashita-juku - Tsuchiyama-juku
References
- ^ Sakashita-juku & Suzuka Pass Area. Kameyama City Tourism Association. Accessed January 13, 2007.
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