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It was home to the 370-meter-long Yahagi Bridge, the longest bridge along the entire Tôkaidô.<ref>Gallery labels, National Museum of Korea.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/39741282360/sizes/k/]</ref> | It was home to the 370-meter-long Yahagi Bridge, the longest bridge along the entire Tôkaidô.<ref>Gallery labels, National Museum of Korea.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/39741282360/sizes/k/]</ref> | ||
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| + | In [[1843]], the castle-town contained some 1,565 homes, three ''[[honjin]]'', three ''waki-honjin'', and 112 ''[[hatagoya]]'' inns.<ref>Gallery labels, Futagawa-juku honjin shiryôkan, Toyohashi, Aichi prefecture.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/31363571667/sizes/3k/]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:04, 10 May 2020
- Japanese: 岡崎 (Okazaki)
The castle-town of Okazaki was also a major post-station along the Tôkaidô.
It was home to the 370-meter-long Yahagi Bridge, the longest bridge along the entire Tôkaidô.[1]
In 1843, the castle-town contained some 1,565 homes, three honjin, three waki-honjin, and 112 hatagoya inns.[2]
| Preceded by: Fujikawa-juku |
Stations of the Tôkaidô | Succeeded by: Chiryû-juku |
