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*''Japanese'': 新居関所 ''(arai sekisho)''

*''Japanese'': 新居関所 ''(arai sekisho)''

The checkpoint at Arai, or ''Arai sekisho'', was a [[sekisho|checkpoint]] along the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]] highway, located between [[Maisaka]] and [[Shirasuka]] [[shukuba|post-stations]], in what is today Kosai City, [[Shizuoka prefecture]]. It is the only such checkpoint to remain standing today, with a large gate, small attached ''masugata'' plaza, ''kôsatsu'' stand for displaying laws and regulations, and a small associated ''shiryôkan'' museum on the site.

The checkpoint at Arai, or ''Arai sekisho'', was a [[sekisho|checkpoint]] along the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]] highway, located between [[Maisaka]] and [[Shirasuka]] [[shukuba|post-stations]], in what is today Kosai City, [[Shizuoka prefecture]]. It is the only such checkpoint to remain standing today, with a large gate, small attached ''masugata'' plaza, ''[[kosatsu|kôsatsu]]'' stand for displaying laws and regulations, and a small associated ''shiryôkan'' museum on the site.

The checkpoint served to help enforce travel regulations, with guards stationed to check travelers' authorization papers (''tegata'') and to make sure they were not carrying any contraband.

The checkpoint served to help enforce travel regulations, with guards stationed to check travelers' authorization papers (''tegata'') and to make sure they were not carrying any contraband.