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Okitsu was the 17th [[shukuba|post-station]] along the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô highway]]. Today, the town is part of Shimizu Ward, [[Shizuoka City]].

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.

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. ''[[Genro|Genrô]]'' [[Saionji Kinmochi]] and [[Inoue Kaoru]] also maintained villas (''bessô'') in Okitsu, and frequently received prominent politicians and others as guests.

==History==

==History==