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Historic Sites Attractions In Kosai

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Historic Sites Attractions In Kosai

  • 2. Arai Sekisho Kosai
    The Arai Barrier is the only surviving security checkpoint of several which were established by the Tokugawa Shogunate on the Tōkaidō highway connecting the capital of Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. Its official name was the Imagiri Barier Located between Maisaka-juku and Arai-juku, in what is now the city of Kosai, Shizuoka Prefecture, the checkpoint was strategically positioned on the narrow strip of land between Lake Hamana and the Pacific Ocean, and was the only checkpoint on the Tōkaidō intended for travelers both by land and by water. All travelers were required to submit to an examination of their travel permits, and taxes were levied on commercial travelers with merchandise. The initial checkpoint, built around 1600, was destroyed by a tsunami during the Genroku period and...
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