Seba-juku 洗馬宿
| Nakasendō (中山道) | Station 31 of 69 · Nihonbashi (Edo) → Kyoto (via Kusatsu) |
|---|---|
| Present-day location | Sōga, Nagano, Japan |
| Prefecture | Nagano (Chubu region) |
| Distance from Nihonbashi | About 235 km (by the historical station tables) |
| Next station | Motoyama-juku — about 3.3 km on |
| Coordinates | 36.08734° N, 137.91581° E |
Seba-juku (洗馬宿, Seba-juku) was the thirty-first of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the central part of the present-day city of Shiojiri, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
History
The area was named "Seba," which means "washing a horse," when a retainer of Minamoto no Yoshinaka washed his master's horse in the waters here. Seba-juku was originally established in 1614, along with Shiojiri-juku and Motoyama-juku, in order to accommodate the change in the Nakasendō's route.
Neighboring post towns
- Nakasendō
- Shiojiri-juku - Seba-juku - Motoyama-juku
36°5′14.4″N 137°54′56.9″E / 36.087333°N 137.915806°E / 36.087333; 137.915806
Text adapted from the English Wikipedia article Seba-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).
