#653: Kanaya-juku (Semiweekly-pedia of Japan)

#653: Kanaya-juku (category: Tokaido)

Kanaya-juku was the 24th station of the 53 Stations of the Tokaido road, which was one of the Edo Five Routes connecting Edo, current Tokyo (refer to #036), with Kyoto (refer to #035).

The station was located in current Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Kanaya Station on the Tokaido Main Line and Shin-Kanaya Station on the Oigawa Main Line are the railway stations in the area where the post station once existed in the Edo period.

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