Arai Pass - Arai Pass

Japanese: 新居関 - あらいのせき

A checkpoint located at the eastern end of Araijuku, Totomi Province (present-day Arai-machi, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture) on the Tokaido. It is also called Imagire Seki. Initially, the shogunate dispatched a Hatamoto as the checkpoint magistrate, but from 1702, it was managed by the Yoshida Domain of Mikawa Province. During the Edo period, it was one of the largest checkpoints, with over 50 officials, including the magistrate, about 20 samurai and ashigaru, 10 police officers, and two women, and was equipped with 25 bows and 25 guns as regular weapons. Security was strict, and there were two checkpoints on the Hime-kaido road on the north shore of Lake Hamana, called Kega Seki (Hosoe-cho, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture), and Kanasashi Seki (Inasa-cho, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture) to the northeast, as well as several dozen villages around Lake Hamana, which were tasked with inspecting the checkpoints. It was abolished in 1869. The remains have been designated a national special historic site, and the Sekisho Historical Museum is located to the east.
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Japanese:

東海道の遠江国新居宿（現静岡県湖西市新居町）東端に置かれた関所。今切(いまぎれ)関ともいう。当初は幕府が旗本を関所奉行として派遣したが，1702年からは三河国吉田藩が管理した。江戸時代，もっとも規模の大きい関所の一つとされ，役人は奉行以下，侍・足軽がそれぞれ20人ほど，同心10人，改め女２人の50余名がおり，常備武具として弓25張・鉄砲25挺なども備えられていた。警戒は厳重で，裏関所として浜名(はまな)湖北岸の姫街道に気賀(けが)関（静岡県浜松市細江町），その北東方に金指(かなさし)関（同県浜松市引佐町）があったほか，浜名湖周辺数十ヵ村に関所検閲の役が課せられた。1869年廃止。遺構は国の特別史跡に指定され，東隣には関所史料館がある。
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