was the twentieth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in what is now part of

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. It can also be written as 丸子宿 (''Mariko-juku'').

History

Mariko-juku was one of the smallest post stations on the Tōkaidō.Mariko-juku
. www.uchiyama.info. Accessed December 19, 2007. Old row-houses from the

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can be found between Mariko-juku and Okabe-juku, its neighboring post station, in Utsuinotani. This post town also had strong ties to the

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(Hōeidō edition) from 1831–1834 depicts two travellers at a wayside restaurant which name is Chouji-ya(), it is noted for Tororo-Jiru ( grated

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soup) and founded in 1596, from which another traveller has just departed.

Neighboring post towns

;Tōkaidō : Fuchū-shuku - Mariko-juku - Okabe-juku

References

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History

Neighboring post towns

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