Ōmiya-shuku (大宮宿, Ōmiya-shuku) was the fourth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the Ōmiya ward and Kita ward of the present-day city of Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.[1]

Ōmiya-shuku 大宮宿
Station of the Nakasendō
Keisai Eisen's print of Ōmiya-shuku, part of the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō
Country	Japan
Prefecture	Saitama
Population  (Tenpō era)
• Total	1,500
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)

History

Larger than its two neighboring post towns, Urawa-shuku and Ageo-shuku, Ōmiya-shuku was recorded to have had a population of over 1,500 people with over 300 homes during the Tenpō era.[1] It also had the largest number (nine) of secondary honjin along the Nakasendō.[1]

Neighboring post towns

Nakasendō

Urawa-shuku - Ōmiya-shuku - Ageo-shuku

References