The ruins of a Nakasendo post town located in Akasaka-cho, Ogaki City. The town once flourished thanks to the limestone industry of nearby Mount Kinsho, and old merchant houses and highway scenery survive to convey its former atmosphere. The haiku master Matsuo Basho is also said to have passed through this town during his Oku no Hosomichi journey, and visitors can still sense the spirit of Edo-pe…

Akasaka-juku was the 57th post town on the Nakasendo highway, located in what is now Akasaka-cho, Ogaki city. The nearby Kinshozan mountain has long been known as a source of limestone and marble, and Akasaka-juku thrived as a hub for the stone trade in addition to its function as a highway post tow…