was the fourth of the sixty-nine stations of the

Nakasendō The , also called the ,Richard Lane, ''Images from the Floating World'' (1978) Chartwell, Secaucus ; pg. 285 was one of the five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto in Japan. There were 6 ...

. It is located in the Ōmiya ward and Kita ward of the present-day city of Saitama,

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History

Larger than its two neighboring post towns,

Urawa-shuku was the third of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in Urawa-ku in the present-day city of Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Its stone ruins can be found 300 meters from Tsuki Shrine (調神社 ''Tsuki Jinja'').

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Ageo-shuku was the fifth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto during the Edo period. It was located in the present-day city of Ageo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. History The name "Ageo" appears as the name of a loca ...

, Ōmiya-shuku was recorded to have had a population of over 1,500 people with over 300 homes during the

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Saitama Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Accessed July 20, 2007. It also had the largest number (nine) of secondary ''

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'' along the Nakasendō.

Neighboring post towns

;Nakasendō :

- Ōmiya-shuku -

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Omiya-Shuku Stations of the Nakasendō Stations of the Nakasendō in Saitama Prefecture