Hizaka - Nissaka

Japanese: 日坂 - にっさか

A post station in the province of Totomi. It is currently located in Hizaka, Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It was called Nishizaka because it was located west of Sayo-no-Nakayama, one of the difficult spots on the Tokaido road (the border between present-day Kakegawa City and Kanaya Town, Shizuoka Prefecture (present-day Shimada City)). It later became Hizaka. In travel writings from the Onin and Bunmei Wars to the Sengoku period, it appears as Nishizaka, Hizaka, and Shinzaka. It was designated as a post station on the Tokaido road in 1601. According to the Tokaido Shukumura Daigaichou (General Register of Tokaido Post Towns), the townscape stretched over six blocks from east to west, with a population of 750 and 168 houses, including one honjin (main inn), one wakihonjin (secondary inn), and 33 inns. Warabimochi (bracken-straw rice cakes) are known as the specialty of the post station. In 1955, it became part of the Oaza district of Kakegawa City.
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Japanese:

遠江国にあった宿駅。現在の静岡県掛川市日坂にあたる。東海道の難所の一つ佐夜ノ中山(さよのなかやま)（現在の掛川市と静岡県金谷(かなや)町（現・島田市）の境）の西にあったことから西坂と呼ばれ，のち日坂となったという。応仁(おうにん)・文明の乱から戦国争乱の時期にかけての紀行文に，西坂・日坂・新坂などとみえる。1601年に東海道の宿駅に指定された。《東海道宿村大概帳》によれば，宿内町並みは東西６町余，人口は750人，家数は168軒で，本陣１軒，脇本陣１軒，旅籠(はたご)屋33軒があった。蕨餅(わらびもち)は宿の名物として知られる。1955年掛川市の大字となる。
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