Kuwana, Mie

Kuwana (桑名市) is a Japanese city in Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū.

History
In the Edo period, Kuwana-juku was 42nd of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.

Related pages

 * The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Other websites

 * Kuwana City website
 * Hiroshige prints, Kuwana