Ōmiya-shuku (大宮宿, Ōmiya-shuku) was the fourth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the Ōmiya ward and Kita ward of the present-day city of Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.[1]
Ōmiya-shuku
大宮宿 | |
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Station of the Nakasendō | |
 Keisai Eisen's print of Ōmiya-shuku, part of the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō | |
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| Coordinates: 35°54′31.5″N 139°37′34.4″E / 35.908750°N 139.626222°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Prefecture | Saitama |
| Population (Tenpō era) | |
• Total | 1,500 |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
History
editLarger than its two neighboring post towns, Urawa-shuku and Ageo-shuku, Ōmiya-shuku was recorded to have had a population of over 1,500 people with over 300 homes during the Tenpō era.[1] It also had the largest number (nine) of secondary honjin along the Nakasendō.[1]
Neighboring post towns
edit- Nakasendō
- Urawa-shuku–Ōmiya-shuku–Ageo-shuku
References
edit- ^ a b c Ōmiya-shuku. Saitama Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Accessed July 20, 2007.