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An old post station, boasting a temple associated with the Tokugawa Clan and an old-fashioned atmosphere

Okitsu-shuku was the 17th post station on the Tokaido, a place for travelers from the east take a break after crossing the Satta Pass, and for travelers from the west to prepare to cross the Satta Pass. It was the intersection of the Minobu Road connecting Suruga Province (present-day Shizuoka Prefecture) and Kai Province (present-day Yamanashi Prefecture) and the Tokaido Road, which ran east to west, so it prospered as a strategic point of transportation during the Edo period (1603 - 1868). Seikenji Temple houses many valuable cultural properties, including the room where Tokugawa Ieyasu studied as a child, and materials related to the Korean envoys who traveled on the Tokaido Road.
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The rain did not stop when Yaji and Kita reached Okitsu-shuku, and feeling exhausted, they stopped to rest at a suspicious looking tea house. The pair order three skewers of kinako dango (rice dumplings with roasted soy flour) and try to give one to a girl nearby, but she dismisses them saying she doesn't want dumplings with rice bran on them. When Yaji learns that the dumplings are actually covered in rice bran not kinako, he gives the rest to a dog, and slumps his shoulders in disappointment for wasting his money on something so unsavory.

Constituent cultural properties of Okitsu-shuku

Sunshudou products you can enjoy at Okitsu-shuku

Okitsu-shuku nearby sightseeing attractions

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