Kumagai-shuku
Kumagai-shuku (熊谷宿, Kumagai-shuku) was the eighth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
History
Kumagai-shuku was the first training center for Buddhists in the Kantō region and had two honjin during the Edo period, but was still a rather small post town.[1] Traces of its past, such as Buddhist temples like Yūkoku-ji (熊谷寺), can still be found around the old post town. Starting in the Meiji period, Kumagai-shuku flourished as a produce of barley and silk.[2]
Neighboring Post Towns
- Nakasendō
- Kōnosu-shuku - Kumagai-shuku - Fukaya-shuku
References
- ^ Kumaga-shuku. National Nakasendō Association. Accessed August 15, 2007.
- ^ Living in This Town: Story of Kumagai-shuku. The Yomiuri Shinbun. Accessed August 15, 2007.