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*''Japanese'': 興津宿 ''(Okitsu juku)''
Okitsu was the 17th [[shukuba|post-station]] along the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô highway]]. Today, the town is part of Shimizu Ward, [[Shizuoka City]].
Okitsu is known as the setting of [[Oliver Statler|Oliver Statler's]] book ''[[Japanese Inn]]''. The Minaguchi-ya ''[[waki-honjin]]'' (today a local history gallery) in the town was the "Inn" of the title. The town is also the site of the temple [[Seiken-ji]], where [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] had studied in his youth, where the Ryukyuan royal prince [[Sho Ko (尚宏)|Shô Kô]] is buried, and where numerous [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean embassies]] had stayed overnight on their journeys to and from Edo. Two-time [[Prime Minister]] [[Saionji Kinmochi]] also maintained a villa known as [[Okitsu zagyoso|Okitsu zagyosô]] in the town.
==History==
As early as the 7th century, Okitsu was the site of the Kiyomi-ga-seki checkpoint, a significant barrier or checkpoint along the ancient Tôkaidô. The temple Seiken-ji was founded in [[679]] on a hill overlooking the checkpoint;
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>'''[[Yui]]'''
|width="35%"|'''Stations of the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]]'''
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Ejiri]]'''
|}
</center>
{{stub}}
==References==
*Gallery labels, Minaguchiya Gallery, Okitsu.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/50111128167/sizes/k/]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Cities and Towns]]
Okitsu was the 17th [[shukuba|post-station]] along the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô highway]]. Today, the town is part of Shimizu Ward, [[Shizuoka City]].
Okitsu is known as the setting of [[Oliver Statler|Oliver Statler's]] book ''[[Japanese Inn]]''. The Minaguchi-ya ''[[waki-honjin]]'' (today a local history gallery) in the town was the "Inn" of the title. The town is also the site of the temple [[Seiken-ji]], where [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] had studied in his youth, where the Ryukyuan royal prince [[Sho Ko (尚宏)|Shô Kô]] is buried, and where numerous [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean embassies]] had stayed overnight on their journeys to and from Edo. Two-time [[Prime Minister]] [[Saionji Kinmochi]] also maintained a villa known as [[Okitsu zagyoso|Okitsu zagyosô]] in the town.
==History==
As early as the 7th century, Okitsu was the site of the Kiyomi-ga-seki checkpoint, a significant barrier or checkpoint along the ancient Tôkaidô. The temple Seiken-ji was founded in [[679]] on a hill overlooking the checkpoint;
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="32%"|Preceded by:<br>'''[[Yui]]'''
|width="35%"|'''Stations of the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]]'''
|width="32%"|Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Ejiri]]'''
|}
</center>
{{stub}}
==References==
*Gallery labels, Minaguchiya Gallery, Okitsu.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/50111128167/sizes/k/]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Cities and Towns]]