Minakuchi-juku

Minakuchi-juku

水口宿
post station
Hiroshige's print of Minakuchi-juku, part of the Hōeidō edition The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō series
General information
LocationKōka, Shiga (former Ōmi Province)
Japan
Coordinates34°57′57.73″N 136°10′55.23″E / 34.9660361°N 136.1820083°E / 34.9660361; 136.1820083
Elevation182 meters
Line(s)Tōkaidō
Distance443.8 km from Edo
Location
Minakuchi-juku is located in Shiga Prefecture
Minakuchi-juku
Minakuchi-juku
Location within Shiga Prefecture
Minakuchi-juku is located in Japan
Minakuchi-juku
Minakuchi-juku
Minakuchi-juku (Japan)
Modern Minakuchi-juku
Minakuchi-juku in 1923

Minakuchi-juku (水口宿, Minakuchi-juku) was the fiftieth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It was located in the Minakuchi neighborhood of the present-day city of Kōka, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.