Goyu - Goyu

Japanese: 御油 - ごゆ

A post station that has existed since the Middle Ages, located in Hoi County, Mikawa Province, now Toyokawa City, Aichi Prefecture. In 1553, Imagawa Yoshimoto established the horse-drawn carriage system for Oyu-juku, with the fare set at 10 sen per ri. In 1601, the Tokugawa clan designated it as a post station on the Tokaido road. Initially, the horse-drawn carriages on the outbound route ran from Fujikawa (now Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture) to Oyu-juku, while the horse-drawn carriages on the inbound route ran from Yoshida (now Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture) to Akasaka (now Toyokawa City, Aichi Prefecture), with horse-and-saddle relay duties shared between Akasaka-juku and Yoshida-juku. According to the "General Register of Post Towns," the distance to Yoshida-juku was 1.5 ri 4 cho, and 16 cho to Akasaka-juku. The Honzaka Road (Hime Kaido) branched off from the post station, and the distance to Suse (now Toyohashi City), which was connected to the post station, was 4 ri 8 cho. There were only honjin (main inns) and no wakihonjin (side inns), and there were 62 inns. There were many inns employing prostitutes, and in Ota Nanpo's 1801 "Kaigen Kiko" (Travels During the Era of the Era), it is written that "there were many prostitutes in the inns." However, because the inns were small and the burden of transporting horses was heavy, Josukego Village designated 25 villages and was one of the first to use carriages in 1857. In 1872 the horse transport station was abolished, and in 1888 the area was removed from the railway line in opposition to the construction of the Tokaido Line, and gradually lost its prosperity. In 1959 it was incorporated into Toyokawa City. The pine tree-lined street between the inns and Akasaka-juku is a nationally designated natural monument.
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Japanese:

三河国宝飯(ほい)郡，現愛知県豊川市にあった中世以来の宿駅。1553年今川義元により御油宿の伝馬が定められ，伝馬賃は１里10銭とされていた。1601年徳川氏により東海道の宿に指定され，当初は下り伝馬は藤川（現愛知県岡崎市）から御油宿まで，上り伝馬は吉田（現愛知県豊橋市）の馬を赤坂（現愛知県豊川市）まで通すとされ，人馬継立を赤坂宿との間で分担した。《宿村大概帳》によれば吉田宿までの距離は１里半４町，赤坂宿までは16町。本坂(ほんさか)道（姫街道）が分岐し，同通の嵩山(すせ)（現豊橋市）までは４里８町。本陣のみで脇本陣はなく，旅籠屋は62軒。飯盛女を置く旅籠屋が多く，1801年の大田南畝の《改元紀行》には〈宿に遊女多し〉などと記される。だが宿の規模が小さく伝馬役負担が大きいため，定助郷村は25村を指定，1857年いちはやく車両の使用を始めている。1872年伝馬所は廃止となり，1888年の東海道線敷設に反対し鉄道路線から外れたことで，次第に賑わいを失った。1959年豊川市に編入された。赤坂宿との間の松並木は国指定天然記念物。
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