Toriimoto-juku

Toriimoto-juku

鳥居本宿
post station
Hiroshige's print of Toriimoto-juku, part of the Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series
General information
LocationHikone, Shiga (former Ōmi Province)
Japan
Coordinates35°17′02″N 136°17′03″E / 35.28389°N 136.28417°E / 35.28389; 136.28417
Elevation105 meters
Line(s)Nakasendō
Distance465 km from Edo
Location
Toriimoto-juku is located in Shiga Prefecture
Toriimoto-juku
Toriimoto-juku
Location within Shiga Prefecture
Toriimoto-juku is located in Japan
Toriimoto-juku
Toriimoto-juku
Toriimoto-juku (Japan)
Arikawa Akadama Jinkyokan in Toriimoto-juku (ICP)

Toriimoto-juku (鳥居本宿) was the sixty-third of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It was located in the present-day city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, overlooking Lake Biwa.