Post by washi on Apr 18, 2015 0:03:28 GMT
During a recent (in 2009) Golden Week holiday, I was able to make a two-day visit to the Tōkaidō post town of Seki, now a part of Kameyama City. It once stretched for over a mile (1.8 km) along either side of the old road. There are still over 200 buildings there that date from the Edo and Meiji Periods, and considerable effort has been made to restore them to their historical appearance, making Seki one of the best places in Japan to get a feel for what a post town looked like in Hiroshige’s time. I was also able to visit the neighboring post towns of Kameyama and Saka no Shita, as well as considerable portions of the road as it passed between and beyond these places. While nothing else I saw could match Seki for sheer dramatic impact, I saw plenty of things along the way that piqued my interest and captured my imagination. I hope you can share a bit in my joy in seeing this wonderful place.
Google Street View now passes through the entire old town (as well as much of the rest of the route of the old Tōkaidō.
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