Kewai-zaka Matsu-namiki (Kewai hill lined with pine trees)
This is the spot where the scenery from the woodblock print "Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido: Ooiso Toraga-ame" by Utagawa Hiroshige the First is said to have...
Nine shuku (post station) were set along the old Tokaido thoroughfare within Kanagawa Prefecture; they were located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Hodogaya, Totsuka, Fujisawa, Hiratsuka, Oiso, Odawara, and Hakone. This tour explores some of the shuku-related historical sites in Oiso Shuku, the 8th post station in the 53 Stations of the Tokaido.
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This is the spot where the scenery from the woodblock print "Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido: Ooiso Toraga-ame" by Utagawa Hiroshige the First is said to have...
Soga Monogatari is the epic tale of two brothers, Soga Juro and Soga Goro, written during the Kamakura period. It was based on the incident 'Revenge of Soga Brothers,'...
Oiso-shuku was a lively post station town in the Edo period with a lot of famous places to visit. Along the approximately 1.3-km-long street, there were sixty-six...
Despite being located next to a national highway, it has a very peaceful Japanese atmosphere. This dojo has been here since a very long time as a training place...
The pine trees along the Tokaido road, established in the Edo Period, was a rest stop for the travelers in the past, leaving traces of the Edo Period even now.