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Seki-juku was the forty-seventh of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō.
It is located in former Ise Province in what is now part of the city of Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, Japan.

The area around Seki-juku was always a major intersection for travel.
During the time of the Jinshin War, it was known as one of the Three Ancient Seki, being called the Ise Suzuka Seki (Ise Suzuka Barrier), and was an administrative checkpoint on the highway to the eastern provinces.
During the Edo period, the area flourished was a lively post town, because both the Isebetsu Kaidō ,a highway for pilgrims to the Ise Grand Shrines and the Yamato Kaidō, a highway for travelers to Yamato Province, intersected here with the Tōkaidō highway. Following the Meiji restoration, Seki-juku became the nucleus for the modern town of Seki, which became part of the city of Kameyama in 2005.

Many of the historical buildings have been preserved and the area has been designated as Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.

October 2013, Seki-juku, Kameyama-City, Mie-Prefecture, Japan.

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Panasonic LEICA DG SUMMILUX 25mm F1.4 ASPH.
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関宿は、東海道五十三次の47番目の宿場でした。
現在は三重県亀山市内にあります。（もとは関町でしたが、2005年1月11日に亀山市に吸収合併されました）。
関宿は，古代からの交通の要衝で、壬申の乱の頃に古代三関の一つ「伊勢鈴鹿関」が置かれました。
江戸時代も、東の追分からは伊勢別街道、西の追分からは大和街道が分岐する活気ある宿場町だったそうです。現在も，古い町並みが見事に保存されており、国の重要伝統的建造物群保存地区に選定されています。

2013年10月，三重県亀山市関宿

Olympus OM-D/E-M5
Panasonic LEICA DG SUMMILUX 25mm F1.4 ASPH.
Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 45mm F1.8
Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75mm F1.8