Mariko-juku 鞠子宿
| Tōkaidō (東海道) | Station 20 of 53 · Nihonbashi (Edo) → Kyoto |
|---|---|
| Present-day location | Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Prefecture | Shizuoka (Chubu region) |
| Distance from Nihonbashi | About 181 km (by the historical station tables) |
| Next station | Okabe-juku — about 7.9 km on |
| Coordinates | 34.9525° N, 138.34472° E |
Mariko-juku (鞠子宿, Mariko-juku) was the twentieth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in what is now part of Suruga Ward in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It can also be written as 丸子宿 (Mariko-juku).
History
Mariko-juku was one of the smallest post stations on the Tōkaidō. Old row-houses from the Edo period can be found between Mariko-juku and Okabe-juku, its neighboring post station, in Utsuinotani. This post town also had strong ties to the Minamoto, Imagawa and Tokugawa clans.
The classic ukiyo-e print by Andō Hiroshige (Hōeidō edition) from 1831–1834 depicts two travellers at a wayside restaurant called Chouji-ya(丁子屋), notable for serving tororo-jiru (grated japanese yam soup). The restaurant was founded in 1596 and is still in operation.
Neighboring post towns
- Tōkaidō
- Fuchū-shuku - Mariko-juku - Okabe-juku
Text adapted from the English Wikipedia article Mariko-juku by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Station facts cross-checked with the road station lists (Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Wikidata (CC0).
