Kuwana, Mie

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

Kuwana 桑名市
City
Kiso Three Rivers and Ise Bay from Mount Tado
Flag Emblem
Location of Kuwana in Mie Prefecture
Kuwana
Coordinates: 35°4′N 136°41′E
Country	Japan
Region	Kansai
Prefecture	Mie Prefecture
Government
• Mayor	Narutaka Ito
Area
• Total	136.61 km2 (52.75 sq mi)
Population  (October 2017)
• Total	140,051
• Density	1,030/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree	Flowering Dogwood
- Flower	Japanese iris
Phone number	0594-24-1136
Address	2-37 Chūōchō, Kuwana-shi, Mie-ken 511-8601
Website	www.city.kuwana.lg.jp

History

See the main article: List of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō

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.

Gallery

• 
  Kuwana rest stop by Hiroshige, ukiyo-e woodblock print c. 1830s
• 
  Ishidori Matsuri, annual festival in August

Related pages

• The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Other websites

Media related to Kuwana, Mie at Wikimedia Commons

• Kuwana City website (in Japanese)
• Hiroshige prints, Kuwana Archived 2012-01-30 at the Wayback Machine