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Kōshū Kaidō · Station 11 of 44

Hachiōjishuku 八王子宿

Hachiōji-shi, Tokyo, JapanAbout 44.9 km from Nihonbashi
Kōshū Kaidō (甲州街道)Station 11 of 44 · Nihonbashi (Edo) → Kamisuwa (joins the Nakasendō)
Present-day locationHachiōji-shi, Tokyo, Japan
PrefectureTokyo (Kanto region)
Distance from NihonbashiAbout 44.9 km (by the historical station tables)
Next station駒木野宿 — about 6.9 km on
Coordinates35.66043° N, 139.33115° E

Hachiōji-juku was a post station on the Kōshū Kaidō, also known as the Hachiōji Jūgoshuku or Hachiōji Yokoyama Jūgoshuku (the Fifteen Stations of Hachiōji). It became the nucleus of the city centre of present-day Hachiōji City, Tokyo. Meshi-mori hatago (inns with serving women) were established there, and they continued into the postwar years.

History

In 1590, Mr. Xunzakichi was opposed to his champion, and King Eyumi fell under the violent attack of the North Coast family. When the castle Kodahara surrendered and Mr. Aushu took responsibility for the defeat with his brother's northern regime, the confiscated area was given to the Tokugawa family, along with the rest of his old territory. Like Mr. Nohoku, he also placed eight thousand men with him as a military base to protect Edo from the mouth of the bar. Mr. Tokugawa didn't place a castle in the prince's palace like Mr. Tokugawa did, but took the position of Prince eight when he destroyed his castle. The Eight Prince has 18 agents who control (the direct jurisdiction of various Kanto lands) and the former Chief Chief of Chief Koji Takeda has served as his agent in developing this area. He set up a new town along the south coast of Hakoku, and moved the inhabitants of the old prince along the streets. As a result of Mr. Tokugawa's development, by the 1650s, the current central city of Prince Yasuke's city, Prince Yasaka, had completed a large post town, along the Kāashkasai Kenyani. (Iseshima Hotel) I was called Prince Prince Miura, from Yoichi's inn, from Yoichi's inn, Toki's inn, Toki's inn, Toki's inn, Toki's inn, Toki's inn, Toki's inn, Toki's inn, Toki's inn, Togo's inn, Toki's inn, and Togo's inn's inn. The names of such places as the city of Miyagi, Mount Fuji, and Yasaka are inherited from the city of Falls Mountain to the city of Miyagi, and to the town of Yasuke. The eighth and eighth days, the city was opened on the days of four and eight days, the city was housed on the 4th and 8th days, and the city stood in the 8th day, and the city stood in the 8th day, and the eight-year-old silk fabrics were sold. The name of the place comes from this. (See also the history of Hichayieji, which, as an original model, led to the development of the shopping district on the other side of Kadani.) In 1704, the Abbot's residence in the Yakashi Resident was destroyed, and his assistant to Kanto moved to Edo. Even though the Indochina house was a state-of-the-art empire, as it always is, there are many banners and small-name exchanges in the surrounding villages, and there are no single territories under control. Eight thousand Princes of Princes, who lived together, kept the peace in the area. There are several fire records left. I'm so happy to be here. The old Pott town was put up in Hanojuku - Eight Prince's Inn. On November 25, 1867, repair work on Owada Owada's house was planned by a group of dozens to attack the castle, but before that, eight thousand of Princes were exposed to the heat and were destroyed in the home of the prince.) In March of 1868) In the end of the Battle of the Sung, the details were not burned. The production of silk was promoted from the Edo period, and during the Meiji period, it flourished as the last pot t-town of silk.

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Text adapted from the Japanese Wikipedia article 八王子宿, whose full text was translated into English for this guide by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Station facts cross-checked with the road station lists (Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Wikidata (CC0).

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