 Last additions - Echigawa-juku 愛知川宿 |
Hiroshige's woodblock print of Echigawa-juku (66th post town on the Nakasendo) from his Kisokaido series. On the left across the river is Mt. Kannonji (Kinugake).Apr 23, 2011
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Temari decoration on bridge.May 31, 2008
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Takeheiro on the left, along the Nakasendo Road in Echigawa-juku, Shiga.May 31, 2008
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South end gate of Echigawa-juku.May 31, 2008
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Entrance to Takeheiro. It's not open to the public unless you want to dine there. 竹平楼May 31, 2008
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Toward the south end of Echigawa-juku. Bridge has a temari decoration.May 31, 2008
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Manhole in Echigawa-juku, Shiga, with a temari (thread ball) design.May 31, 2008
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Stone monument at Takeheiro indicating that Emperor Meiji was here.May 31, 2008
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Hachiman Jinja Shrine Honden main hall is a Shiga Prefecture Cultural Property.May 31, 2008
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Another famous building remaining in Echigawa-juku. This is the Takeheiro restaurant where Emperor Meiji once stayed.May 31, 2008
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Shops along the NakasendoMay 31, 2008
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Hachiman Jinja Shrine, Echigawa-jukuMay 31, 2008
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The shrine has ties to Prince Shotoku Taishi who hid here from an enemy during a war. In appreciation, he donated rice paddies to the shrine.May 31, 2008
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Way to Hachiman Shrine.May 31, 2008
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Hachiman Jinja Shrine in Echigawa-juku, ShigaMay 31, 2008
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Looks like a former bank building.May 31, 2008
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Inside Homanji Hondo main hall in Echigawa-juku, Shiga PrefectureMay 31, 2008
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Some modern buildings along the Nakasendo in Echigawa-jukuMay 31, 2008
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View from Hondo hall.May 31, 2008
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Homanji HondoMay 31, 2008
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St. Shinran statue and plum tree.May 31, 2008
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May 31, 2008
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The plum tree blooms in March.May 31, 2008
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While traveling, St. Shinran was unable to cross the Echigawa River since there was a flood. So he stayed at this temple temporarily. During that time, he planted a plum tree which bloom red plum blossoms.May 31, 2008
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Statue of St. Shinran (1173-1263) in front of the plum tree which he planted. The temple also has a scroll written by Shinran.May 31, 2008
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Gate to Homanji temple.May 31, 2008
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Way to Homanji temple where St. Shinran once stayed.May 31, 2008
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Homanji temple Hondo hall in Echigawa-juku, Shiga. 宝満寺May 31, 2008
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Pocket park in Echigawa-juku.May 31, 2008
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Marker indicating that St. Shinran, founder of the Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Sect, once stayed at this temple.May 31, 2008
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Heading south on the Nakasendo in Echigawa-juku.May 31, 2008
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Traditional-style buildingMay 31, 2008
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Large intersection has an Echigawa-juku monument.May 31, 2008
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The street corner has a pocket park for an Echigawa-juku monument showing an ukiyoe print of the town. A stone marker also points the way to Takamiya-juku.May 31, 2008
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Meiji Period-style mail box. It's a real mail box so you can deposit your mail here.May 31, 2008
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The ukiyoe print by Hiroshige shows a bridge across Echigawa River. It was toll-free (Muchin-bashi).May 31, 2008
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Nakasendo in Echigawa-jukuMay 31, 2008
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Entrance to Echigawa-juku at the northern end. Echigawa-juku was the sixty-sixth station or post town (shukuba) of the sixty-nine stations on the Nakasendo Road. MapMay 31, 2008
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This is a high-class ryotei restaurant called Omi Shonin-tei (近江商人亭). Built in the 1920s, it used to be an Omi Merchant's second home who sold hemp cloth.This is also one location where the film Idai Naru, Shurararabon (偉大なる、しゅららぼん The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom) was filmed. The Natsume family's dojo scene.May 31, 2008
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Echigawa-juku was the sixty-sixth station or post town (shukuba) of the sixty-nine stations on the Nakasendo Road. It is the sixth Nakasendo station in Shiga (following Takamiya-juku in Hikone), and one of ten Nakasendo stations in Shiga.In front of Echigawa Station, a sign point the way to Echigawa-juku (go right).May 31, 2008
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