was the fifth of nine post stations along the

Minoji The was a highway in Japan during the Edo period. It was a secondary route, ranked below the Edo Five Routes in importance, and connected Miya-juku on the Tōkaidō with Tarui-juku on the Nakasendō.

. It is located in the present-day city of

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Aichi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...

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. Located on the banks of the Nikkō River, Hagiwara-juku was the smallest post station along the Minoji.

Neighboring post towns

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Inaba-juku was the fourth of the nine post stations of the Minoji. It is located in the city of Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. History Originally, the post station was just a village named "Inaba" (稲葉村 ) but the neighboring village of Kozawa (小 ...

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Okoshi-juku was the sixth of nine shukuba, post stations along the Minoji. It is located in the present-day city of Ichinomiya, Aichi, Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Established on edge of the Kiso River, the post station was also on the border of Mino ...

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