Nakasendo Ooijuku

Ooijuku is the 46th post town counting from Edo among the 69 stations along the Nakasendo. It used to prosper as the best post station on Minoji, and it is said that it was the 9th most popular in Japan. The high-class main gate and the residence of the headman with a lattice door stand quietly, and the bustling atmosphere of Ooi-juku at that time is remembered. In order to prevent enemies from entering, there are 6 "masugata" squares that bend at right angles. This is the only place in the whole country where there are so many. Ooi-juku Honjin (lodging for daimyo, etc.) burned down in 1947 (Showa 22), but the front gate and garden still remain. In 2000 (Heisei 12), the city restored and refurbished the majestic residence of the Furuyama family, a headman of the Edo period, to open the Nakasendo Hishiya Museum, and in 2021 (Reiwa 3), the Emperor Meiji's visit to Ooi was renovated open. You can deepen your knowledge of highways and post towns while feeling the architecture of Machiya.