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The museum has this colorful Seki-juku manhole, Kameyama, Mie Prefecture. They even give you a manhole card.67 views
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Kameyama Castle manhole in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture.64 views
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Seki-juku is highly recommended for Tokaido stage town and architecture fans. Seki-juku manhole with a traveler design, Kameyama, Mie Prefecture.60 views
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JR Kameyama Station platform and tracks.30 views
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JR Kameyama Station platform.30 views
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Old Tokaido Road in Seki-juku. Picturesque.27 views
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Kameyama Castle's Tamon-yagura turret is open 10 am to 4 pm, free admission. Unfortunately, I arrived after it closed.27 views
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Way to Seki-juku.26 views
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During the Edo Period, Kameyama Castle was the Ise-Kameyama Domain headquarters and center of Kameyama-juku lodging town on the Tokaido Road.26 viewsIt still has the Tamon-yagura turret (open to the public), castle walls, and a partially reconstructed Ninomaru keep. Short walk from JR Kameyama Station (JR Kansai Line).
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Kameyama Castle's Tamon-yagura turret.26 views
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About the lodging for Emperor Meiji when he passed through Kameyama in 1880.26 views
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Seki-juku was the 47th station or lodging/post town on the old Tokaido Road. It well retains a traditional townscape with a good number of traditional Edo Period buildings including the Honjin and Waki Honjin. 26 viewsSeki-juku is preceded by Kameyama-juku and followed by Sakashita-juku. All three are in the present-day city of Kameyama. Hiroshige also created this woodblock print of Seki-juku in the 1830s. It depicts daimyo staff preparing to leave the Honjin lodge before dawn (notice the still dark sky). Unknown which Honjin it is. (Seki had two Honjin.)
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Kaiunro, former geisha house in Seki-juku. 開雲楼25 views
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About Kameyama Castle originally built in 1265 and last occupied by the Ishikawa Clan.25 views
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View from Tamon-yagura turret.25 views
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History of Kameyama Castle town.25 views
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JR Seki Station building has a traditional design. It also houses a tourist information office and exhibition space. From Nagoya, it's about 24 views
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Welcome to Seki Townscape Museum. It explains about the town and why so many buildings have been preserved.24 views
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Seki-juku post office (modern).24 views
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Jizo-in Temple, Main Hall is an Important Cultural Property. 地蔵院24 views
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About Oi house24 views
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Kameyama Castle's Tamon-yagura turret. 多聞櫓24 views
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View from Tamon-yagura turret.24 views
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Stone wall design under Tamon-yagura turret. 24 views
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Tamon-yagura turret.24 views
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Way to Kameyama Castle's three-story turret site. 三重櫓跡24 views
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Kameyama Castle's three-story turret site.24 views
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Ninomaru fringe.24 views
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Pillar foundation stone.24 views
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Stema locomotive in the Ninomaru area.24 views
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In front of JR Kameyama Station.24 views
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Lots of wooden lattice on the exterior, used to block rain and wind.23 views
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Another small exhibition room.23 views
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Traditional buildings that still remain in Seki-juku.23 views
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Exhibition room of photos of Seki-juku's skyline.23 views
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Festival float storehouse or dashi-gura. One of four remaining today. Originally there were 16 floats. There's a window where you can see part of the Nakamachi Sanbancho float inside.23 views
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Tamaya inn is another major museum in Seki-juku. 旅籠玉屋歴史資料館23 views
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Tamaya inn's front desk.23 views
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Tamaya kitchen23 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23 views
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Antique shop sign.23 views
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Jizo-in Temple, Main Hall23 views
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Hyakugo Bank, Seki Branch 百五銀行 関支店23 views
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Tokaido Road marker.23 views
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JR Tsuge Station connects to the JR Kusatsu Line.23 views
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Kameyama Castle's Tamon-yagura turret on a high stone wall. One of the few remnants remaining. Most of the castle was dismantled by the Meiji government in 1873.23 views
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Kameyama Castle's Tamon-yagura turret.23 views
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Kameyama Castle's Tamon-yagura turret. 多聞櫓23 views
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Kameyama Castle's Tamon-yagura turret in autumn. 多聞櫓23 views
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Kameyama Castle's Tamon-yagura turret. 多聞櫓23 views
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Steps to Kameyama Castle's Tamon-yagura turret. It was renovated in 2012. 多聞櫓23 views
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Steps to Kameyama Castle's Tamon-yagura turret.23 views
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Tamon-yagura turret.23 views
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Castle well.23 views
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Emperor Meiji once stayed in this home that was moved here.23 views
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Kameyama Enbujo 亀山演武場23 views
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About the reconstructed stone foundation.23 views
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Ninomaru fringe walls were reconstructed.23 views
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About the pillar foundation stone.23 views
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JR Kameyama Station (Kansai Line).23 views
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Seki-juku stretches for about 1.8 km. The whole town is small enough to walk through. 22 viewsA few buildings are open to the public as museums. Seki-juku is also a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区). Short walk from JR Seki Station on the JR Kansai Main Line.
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From Seki Station, a short walk on this road to Seki-juku.22 views
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Entering the Seki Townscape Museum.22 views
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Stairway also serve as storage space.22 views
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Stairway to 2nd floor.22 views
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Room on 2nd floor.22 views
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About the Ito Honjin lodge.22 views
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About the Kawa-kita Honjin lodge. 22 views
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Charcoal heater.22 views
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Tokonoma alcove.22 views
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Old map of Seki-juku.22 views
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About Seki's float festival in English. This was posted on a nearby house.22 views
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About Seki's festival floats.22 views
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Tanaka-ya coffee shop.22 views
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Tamaya inn 22 views
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Seki-juku had 42 inns including two Honjin and two Waki-Honjin.22 views
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Tamaya entrance hall.22 views
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Tamaya kitchen stove.22 views
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Tamaya courtyard.22 views
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Dining room on the 2nd floor of Tamaya inn.22 views
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Ceiling of the kura storehouse.22 views
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Tableware used by Tamaya when it was an inn.22 views
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Seki-juku bulletin board (replica). 高札場22 views
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Fukuzoji Temple gate. 福蔵寺22 views
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Inns in front of Jizo-in Temple.22 views
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Aizu-ya inn in front of Jizo-in Temple. 会津屋22 views
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Ninja at JR Tsuge Station.22 views
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Next to the castle is a stone monument marking the birthplace of Iinuma Yokusai (1782–1865), a Japanese botanist and physician. 飯沼慾斎22 views
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Lodging for Emperor Meiji when he passed through Kameyama in 1880.22 views
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Kameyama Shrine in Mie. 亀山神社 22 views
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Kameyama Castle's three-story turret site.22 views
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Partial stone wall remaining.22 views
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Partial stone wall remaining.22 views
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Part of the Honmaru castle grounds now occupied by Kameyama Nishi Elementary School.22 views
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Part of the Honmaru castle grounds now occupied by Kameyama Nishi Elementary School.22 views
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Masumi Children's Park ますみ児童園22 views
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JR Kameyama Station platform.22 views
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Money box, probably a safe.21 views
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Old coins and dishes/pottery.21 views
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Corridor21 views
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Scale model of Seki-juku.21 views
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How Seki-juku started out. The town was named "Seki" in the early 18th century.21 views
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Kura storehouse21 views
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About the Nakamachi Sanbancho float festival float. The Seki Hikiyama Festival is held on a weekend in late July.21 views
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Road marker21 views
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Hyaku-rokuri-tei21 views
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View from Chokantei. 眺関亭からの眺望21 views
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View from Chokantei, looking toward Jizo-in Temple. 眺関亭からの眺望21 views
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Ito Honjin lodge. Now an electronics shop. 伊藤本陣跡21 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21 views
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Ishigaki-ya inn. It's actually an inn where you can stay. ¥2,500/night.21 views
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Tamaya inn is another major museum in Seki-juku. 旅籠玉屋歴史資料館21 views
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Tamaya inn adult admission ¥300. Must see. 旅籠玉屋歴史資料館21 views
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About the three types of inns in stage towns.21 views
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Tamaya inn's front desk clerk.21 views
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Abasuc.21 views
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Tamaya kitchen stove.21 views
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Tamaya has many rooms with exhibits.21 views
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Tamaya tokonoma alcove.21 views
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Tamaya inn Guest room21 views
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Tamaya inn also has this storehouse for more exhibits centering on Hiroshige's woodblock prints of the Tokaido Road.21 views
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Inside the kura storehouse, exhibits of woodblock prints of the Tokaido Road.21 views
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Top floor of the kura storehouse.21 views
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Beauty salon in a traditional building in Seki-juku.21 views
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Fukuzoji Temple has Koman's grave. 小万の墓 福蔵寺21 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21 views
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Inside Jizo-in Temple, Main Hall.21 views
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Jizo-in Temple's Jizo statue.21 views
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On left, Kaiunro 開雲楼, former geisha house in Seki-juku. On the right is another former geisha house, Shokakuro 松鶴楼. 21 views
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JR Seki Station on the Kansai Line. JR関西本線 関駅21 views
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Kameyama Castle well.21 views
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Seki Machinami Shiryokan (Seki Townscape Museum) is a local history/culture museum. 関まちなみ資料館20 views
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Entrance to Seki Machinami Shiryokan (Seki Townscape Museum). It looks narrow, but the building is quite long. 関まちなみ資料館20 views
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Small exhibition room on 2nd floor (or maybe attic).20 views
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Scale model of Seki-juku.20 views
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Grandfather's clock.20 views
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Kitchen stove.20 views
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Indoor well.20 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. 20 views
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Seki-juku's traditional townscape continues.20 views
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Tsuruya inn. 鶴屋脇本陣跡20 views
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View from Chokantei. 眺関亭からの眺望20 views
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Old koto and skis in Ishigaki-ya.20 views
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Tamaya inn's front desk.20 views
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Tamaya kitchen stove.20 views
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Kitchen roof was high to dilute the smoke.20 views
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Dining room on the 2nd floor of Tamaya inn.20 views
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Guest room on the 2nd floor of Tamaya, a high-class inn.20 views
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Guest room on the 2nd floor of Tamaya inn.20 views
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This might be the maid's room.20 views
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Mie and Shiga sections of the Tokaido Road.20 views
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Fukuzoji Temple 福蔵寺20 views
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Jizo-in Temple, Main Hall is an Important Cultural Property. 地蔵院20 views
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Jizo-in Temple's bell tower is also an Important Cultural Property.20 views
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Jizo-in Temple's Jizo statue.20 views
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Hyakugo Bank, Seki Branch is a modern building designed in the traditional style. 百五銀行 関支店20 views
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Oi house20 views
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More latticed walls in Seki-juku.20 views
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When you walk from JR Kameyama Station to the castle, you will first see this large athletic field (baseball, etc.) and a stone wall and turret. The field was the Honmaru.20 views
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Roof of Kameyama Castle's Tamon-yagura turret.20 views
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Kameyama Shrine is dedicated to samurai Minamoto Yoshiie and many other deities. 亀山神社20 views
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Adult admission ¥300, open 9 am to 4:30 pm.19 views
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Kitchen stove.19 views
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Hyaku-rokuri-tei has a building with a view of Seki-juku. 百六里庭19 views
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Sake flasks and delivery box.19 views
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Pillow19 views
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Tamaya inn rear view.19 views
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Old shop sign adds to the townscape's charm.19 views
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Gochisoba plaza used for greeting VIPs arriving Seki-juku. 御馳走場19 views
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About the Ninomaru.19 views
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You see a lot of wooden lattice on the exterior. Supposed to ward off wind and rain.18 views
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About the Ninomaru keep's fringe.18 views
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