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Hyaku-rokuri-tei has a building with a view of Seki-juku. 百六里庭18 views
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Hyaku-rokuri-tei18 views
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Ito Honjin lodge was Seki-juku's high-class lodge for VIP travelers like daimyo lords. 伊藤本陣跡18 views
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Ishigaki-ya18 views
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Old koto and skis in Ishigaki-ya.18 views
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Tamaya inn is another major museum in Seki-juku. 旅籠玉屋歴史資料館18 views
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Tamaya inn adult admission ¥300. Must see. 旅籠玉屋歴史資料館18 views
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About the three types of inns in stage towns.18 views
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Seki-juku had 42 inns including two Honjin and two Waki-Honjin.18 views
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Tamaya inn's front desk.18 views
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Tamaya inn's front desk clerk.18 views
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Tamaya kitchen stove.18 views
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Tamaya kitchen stove.18 views
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Tamaya kitchen stove.18 views
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Sake flasks and delivery box.18 views
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Tamaya courtyard.18 views
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Dining room on the 2nd floor of Tamaya inn.18 views
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Guest room on the 2nd floor of Tamaya inn.18 views
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This might be the maid's room.18 views
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Tamaya inn also has this storehouse for more exhibits centering on Hiroshige's woodblock prints of the Tokaido Road.18 views
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Inside the kura storehouse, exhibits of woodblock prints of the Tokaido Road.18 views
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Tamaya inn rear view.18 views
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Seki-juku post office (modern).18 views
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Seki-juku bulletin board (replica). 高札場18 views
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About the Seki-juku bulletin board used by officials to give official notices to people in Seki-juku. 高札場18 views
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Beauty salon in a traditional building in Seki-juku.18 views
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Fukuzoji Temple gate. 福蔵寺18 views
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Fukuzoji Temple 福蔵寺18 views
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Jizo-in Temple anchors one end of Seki-juku. It belongs to the Shingon Buddhist Sect, Omuro School. 地蔵院18 views
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Jizo-in Temple, Main Hall is an Important Cultural Property. 地蔵院18 views
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Jizo-in Temple, Main Hall18 views
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Jizo-in Temple's bell tower is also an Important Cultural Property.18 views
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Jizo-in Temple's Jizo statue.18 views
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Inns in front of Jizo-in Temple.18 views
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Hyakugo Bank, Seki Branch 百五銀行 関支店18 views
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Oi house18 views
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Gochisoba plaza used for greeting VIPs arriving Seki-juku. 御馳走場18 views
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About the Ninomaru keep's fringe.18 views
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About the Ninomaru.18 views
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Museum greeter (non-human).17 views
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Saio princess procession.17 views
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Old bicycle from the late 19th century (Meiji Period). Still a rare luxury item in those days. Bicycles became widely used in Japan from the 1930s. This bicycle was donated by a local resident in Seki. 17 views
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Opened in Oct. 1989, the Saiku History Museum (officially and incorrectly named "Saiku Historical Museum") is located on the former site of the Saiku Palace. 16 viewsOpen 9:30 am to 5 pm. Closed Mon. and Dec. 29–Jan. 3.
Admission ¥340 (Free for kids)
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Exhibition Room 1 shows Saiku Palace- and Saio princess-related artifacts. Costumes, reconstructed Saio living quarters, and a few mannequins. 常設展示室I16 views
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Saio princess palanquin called "Sokaren." 斎王の神輿「葱華輦」16 views
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Saio princess palanquin called "Sokaren." 斎王の神輿「葱華輦」16 views
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Aristocratic boy wearing a Heian-Period suikan costume. 童男人形「水干」, Government official wearing a sokutai costume. 武官人形「束帯」, and aristocratic girl wearing akome costume. 童女人形「衵」16 views
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Aristocratic boy wearing a Heian-Period suikan costume. 童男人形「水干」16 views
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Green-glazed pottery used in Saiku. 16 views
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You see a lot of wooden lattice on the exterior. Supposed to ward off wind and rain.16 views
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Saiku History Museum (officially and incorrectly named "Saiku Historical Museum") is a 15-min. walk through the park from Saiku Station on the Kintetsu Yamada Line.15 views
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About the Saio princess' Sokaren palanquin. The roof has a decoration that looks like an onion flower. 15 views
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Saio’s meals15 views
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About the Saio procession.15 views
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Scale model of a Saiku archaeological excavation. 発掘調査区模型（20分の1）15 views
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Scale model of of the Saikuryo Government area where the Saio resided in Saiku. A large spread of administrative buildings, storehouses, and shrines. 斎宮寮 復元模型 1/400 15 viewsToday, archaeological digs continue at this site. An area 2 km by 700 meters has been designated as a National Historic Site.
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The fall and abolishment of the Saiku.15 views
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Pottery found at the Saiku site.15 views
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Doba (clay horse figurine)15 views
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Museum entrance hall.14 views
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Museum floor plan. There are two Exhibition Rooms, lecture hall, theater, library, and coffee shop.14 views
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Government official wearing a Heian-Period sokutai costume. 武官人形「束帯」14 views
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About the aristocratic boy's Heian-Period suikan costume. 童男人形「水干」14 views
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Saio princess kimono.14 views
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Living quarters of the Saio princess in the 11th century. 斎王居室復元模型14 views
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Living quarters of the Saio princess. Woman in front is the Myobu, the Saio’s first lady-in-waiting. 斎王の居室14 views
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Saio princess in her living quarters (dining room). She wears a white juni-hitoe kimono, formal clothing used in ceremonies. 斎王の居室14 views
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Sleeping quarters for Saio princess.14 views
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Top view of living quarters of the Saio princess. 斎王御殿 復元模型 1/15 14 views
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Saio’s meals.14 views
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Saio’s meals14 views
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Saio’s meals14 views
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Selection and isolation of the Saio princess.14 views
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The Saio princess officiated important ceremonies at Ise Grand Shrines only three times a year.14 views
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Faith and purity in Saiku. The Saio princess was not allowed to fall in love. How cruel...14 views
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The Saio princess and her entourage of several hundred traveled from Kyoto (left in photo) to Ise in five nights and six days, about 130 km. 14 viewsAlong the way, they lodged at Seta (Otsu), Koka, Tarumi (Tsuchiyama), Suzuka, and Ichishi before arriving in Saiku.
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Model of Saio Gunko procession. In its heyday, there were as many as 500 people in her procession.14 views
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History of the Saio.14 views
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Exhibition Room 2 centers on Saiku archaeological excavations and artifacts. Here's a reconstruction of a Saiku dig. 常設展示室II14 views
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In 1970 when they surveyed the land for a housing project in Meiwa, they finally discovered the remains of the Saiku Palace. In 1979, the site was designated as a National Historic Site. Reconstruction of a Saiku archaeological excavation.14 views
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Saiku buildings.14 views
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Saiku roof tile fragments.14 views
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Saiku is also known for ancient burial mounds (kofun) or tsukayama. This one is near the history museum. 塚山2号墳14 views
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Route of the Saio Gunko procession.13 views
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Green-glazed pottery13 views
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My video of the Ageuma Festival at Inabe Shrine in April (猪名部神社). Watch the horse successfully jump over the barrier atop the slope. Not to be confused with the larger Tado Ageuma Festival.7 views
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