Fujikawa is located in Aichi Prefecture in
central Japan. It was a small post town on Toukaidou (highway) which linked Tokyo and Kyoto. There were
300 houses which included 36 inns; the length of the town was around one
kilometer. Although it’s a calm town now, we can feel the atmosphere of the
long old highway.
愛知県岡崎市にある旧東海道の宿場町です。町並みが約1km、旅籠36軒、総戸数300軒の小規模な宿場でした。今は、静かな町ですが、どこまでも続きそうな道が東海道の雰囲気を残しています。
The museum gate, which was built in the Edo period (1603~1868), faces the highway. It was a site of Waki-Honjin in which elites stayed such as lords.
旧東海道に面して資料館の門があります。脇本陣の跡です。江戸時代に作られた門だそうです。
You can find a small museum building after going through the gate.
門をくぐれば、小さな資料館があります。
The photo above is an exhibition room. There is no staff.
館内はコンパクト。無人です。
There is a model of the post town in the Edo period. The Waki-Hojin, which is the site of the museum, was at the heart of the town.
入って右側に置かれている宿場の模型。資料館は宿のど真ん中にあります。
The photo above shows old buildings in the town.
今も残る旅籠・つる屋などの断面図が展示されています。
A container which was used to bring food (left) and lunch boxes (right) are exhibited. I think the container was used to deliver festive red rice and lunch boxes were used for a picnic. It should be a fun time.
お弁当箱(右)と物入れ(左)と表示された行器(ほかい)。何れも食べ物を運ぶための容器ですね。楽しい外食べやお祝いの赤飯などを届けるために使われた物だと思います。
Behind the museum, there is a purple barley field which were widely cultivated before the WW2 in the area. Those are written in Basho’s poem; he (1644-1694) was a great haiku (short poem) master.
資料館のすぐ裏では、芭蕉が「爰(ここ)も三河 むらさき麦の かきつはた」と詠んだ「むらさき麦」が栽培されていました。
The site of Honjin, in which the highest-class inn for lords, was converted to a park which introduces the former post town. It's a good idea.
本陣跡は公園として整備されています。高札場も復元されています。
Many people visit a roadside station beside Route 1 (current Toukaido). The name is “Fujikawa Shuku (post town); it is just a hundred meters north of the former post town.
今の賑わいは、東海道本線を超えた道の駅・藤川宿に移っています。国道一号線沿いです。
Visited in December, 2021
Official website: https://www.city.okazaki.lg.jp/1550/1575/1662/p017586.html
(in Japanese), accessed in July, 2022
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