 Most viewed - Soka-juku post town 草加宿 |
Old telephone still widely used in Japan until the 1980s.96 views
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Catfish sculpture on a small office building in Soka, Saitama.22 views
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Tofukuji Temple in Soka, Saitama.20 views
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Statue of Kawai Sora, Matsuo Basho's apprentice and travel companion for Oku-no-Hosomichi. This statue is at the intersection leading to the old Nikko Kaido Road. It's across the bridge from the Basho statue at the watchtower.19 views
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Museum hallway looks like a school hallway. When you enter the museum, they want you to sign your name on the reception sheet.9 views
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Following Senju-juku (Adachi Ward, Tokyo), Soka-juku was the second post town on the old Nikko Kaido Road from Tokyo (Nihonbashi) to Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture. However, no original buildings from Soka-juku remain. 7 viewsPart of the Nikko Kaido road remains, and a few monuments mark the location of the Honjin VIP lodges and road marker. This is a scale model of Soka-juku displayed in the local history museum.
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I think this is a bus stop on the Nikko Kaido.6 views
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Tofukuji Temple Hondo main hall in Soka, Saitama. The temple is noted for wood carvings on this main hall. (Not to be confused with other temples named "Tofukuji.") 東福寺6 views
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Original road marker reinforced with steel. Rare remnant of Soka-juku on the Nikko Kaido. 道標元標6 views
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Original road marker in Soka-shuku, Saitama on the Nikko Kaido. 道標元標6 views
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Soka folk history museum used to be Soka Elementary School built in 1926. New school buildings were built to replace this old building which opened in 1983 as a local history museum.6 views
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First floor exhibition room.6 views
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Remains of an ancient dugout canoe excavated from Ayase River in 1929.6 views
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On the 2nd floor, Hinamatsuri Girl's Day dolls.6 views
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Soka Elementary School was built in 1926. Two-story, ferro-concrete building with six classrooms. Architect was Soka-native Okawa Isamu who even attended Soka Elementary School (right photo)..6 views
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History of the museum/school.6 views
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Way to Tofukuji Temple.5 views
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What the old Nikko Kaido Road looks like today.5 views
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Soka folk history museum is near the old Nikko Kaido. 歴史民俗資料館5 views
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Soka folk history museum. 草加 歴史民俗資料館5 views
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First floor hallway.5 views
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First floor exhibition room displays old farming equipment.5 views
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Scale model of Soka-juku post town along the Nikko Kaido. The red tag on the lower left is where the folk history museum is.5 views
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Basho and Kawai Sora visited Soka-juku on March 27, 1689.5 views
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On the 2nd floor, Hinamatsuri Girl's Day dolls.5 views
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2023 is the Year of the Rabbit.5 views
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On the 2nd floor, Hinamatsuri Girl's Day dolls.5 views
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History of the museum/school.5 views
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Army helmet5 views
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Soka Station history.5 views
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Statue of Kawai Sora (河合曾良), Matsuo Basho's travel companion for his Oku-no-Hosomichi five-month journey on foot to Tohoku and Hokuriku Regions. Statue built in 2008 to mark Soka's 50th anniversary.4 views
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Sora Kawai traveled with Haiku poet Matsuo Basho for most of Basho's Oku-no-Hosomichi poetry journey on foot to Tohoku and Hokuriku Regions in 1689.4 views
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How to make Soka senbei rice crackers. At least 10 steps.4 views
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Soka-juku Shinmei-an tourist info center closed on March 21, 2022. The staff moved to the tourist info center near the Basho statue in Fudaba-kashi Park. 草加宿神明庵4 views
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Shinmei Shrine 神明神社4 views
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Soka senbei shop on the old Nikko Kido Road.4 views
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Another Soka senbei shop. There are over 60 senbei shops in Soka.4 views
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Soka senbei rice cracker. ¥904 views
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Tofukuji Temple gate.4 views
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Tofukuji Temple was first built in 1606 by Okawa Zusho who once served the Hojo Clan in Odawara, Kanagawa.4 views
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Tofukuji's bell tower is noted for wood carvings. 4 views
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Honjin lodge monument in Soka-juku, Nikko Kaido Road. 大川本陣跡碑4 views
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Okawa Honjin lodge monument in Soka-juku, Nikko Kaido Road. There was also another Honjin in Soka-juku. 大川本陣跡碑4 views
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Original road marker in Soka-shuku, Saitama on the Nikko Kaido. 道標元標4 views
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Soka folk history museum entrance. Free admission.4 views
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Floor layout on the 1st and 2nd floors. The old classrooms are now exhibition rooms for local history and artifacts.4 views
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Ancient pottery found in Soka.4 views
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About the ancient dugout canoe excavated from Ayase River in 1929.4 views
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Documents related to traveling on the Nikko Kaido.4 views
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Replica scroll painting of Matsu Basho and Kawai Sora who visited Soka in 1689.4 views
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About Emperor Meiji's visit to Soka in 1876 and 1881 when he was traveling to Tohoku or Hokkaido.4 views
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Factory equipment4 views
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Senbei production equipment for mochi pounding.4 views
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Senbei production equipment.4 views
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On the 2nd floor, Hinamatsuri Girl's Day dolls.4 views
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On the 2nd floor, Hinamatsuri Girl's Day dolls.4 views
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About Heihachiro Okawa.4 views
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Pink pay phone in Japan. Now obsolete. Took only ¥10 coins.4 views
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Soka senbei rice cracker birthplace monument in Osen Park, Soka, Saitama. Soka was a rice-growing area and farmers first made rice crackers as a snack. 3 viewsThey were later sold to travelers when Soka-juku was established and became a cottage industry. They also used soy sauce from Noda. 草加せんべい発祥の地の碑
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What the old Nikko Kaido looks like today. Nikko Kaido was one of the five main roads from Edo (Tokyo) during the Edo Period (17th to 19h centuries). 3 viewsNikko was important for having the splendid mausoleum for Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun.
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About Tofukuji Temple Hondo main hall wood carvings. 3 views
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Tofukuji's bell tower.3 views
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Tofukuji's bell tower dragon wood carvings. 3 views
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About Tofukuji's bell tower.3 views
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Scale model of the Okawa Honjin lodge in Soka-juku.3 views
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About the dugout canoe from 5,300 years ago.3 views
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A few implements from the Okawa Honjin lodge.3 views
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Senbei production equipment for roasting and drying.3 views
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Leather footwear and yukata kimono are also made in Soka.3 views
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On the 2nd floor, Hinamatsuri Girl's Day dolls.3 views
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2nd floor hallway.3 views
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Former classroom used as a meeting room.3 views
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Movie actor from Soka named Okawa Heihachiro (1905–1971) (aka Henry Okawa) who made it to Hollywood. He was in "The Bridge on the River Kwai" movie. 大川 平八郎3 views
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Japanese soldiers returning from the war gave these gifts to their well-wishers. From the 1930s. These are ceremonial sake cups. 兵隊盃3 views
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Japanese soldier's bag and boots from 1930s.3 views
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Old telephone from 1931. Soka started telephone service in 1918. Only 60 phone numbers at first. By 1953, 431 people had a telephone number.3 viewsデルビル磁石式壁掛電話機
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Old telephone.3 views
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Push button phone widely used in Japan until the early 1990s.3 views
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Model of AKOS shopping complex in front of Soka Station.3 views
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