Shinagawa-juku

Shinagawa-shuku (品川宿, Shinagawa-shuku) was one of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō.^[1] It is located in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. Along with Itabashi-shuku (Nakasendō), Naitō Shinjuku (Kōshū Kaidō) and Senju-shuku (Nikkō Kaidō and Ōshū Kaidō), it was one of the Four Stations of Edo (江戸四宿 Edo Shishuku). It was located in the present-day Shinagawa Port area near Shinagawa Station.

Shinagawa-juku in the 1830s, as depicted by Hiroshige in The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Neighboring post towns

Tōkaidō

Nihonbashi (starting point) - Shinagawa-juku - Kawasaki-juku

References

Media related to Shinagawa-juku at Wikimedia Commons

1. Tōkaidō Shinagawa-juku. Haguregumo. Accessed December 10, 2007.