Mariko-juku
Mariko-juku was the twentieth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in what is now part of Suruga Ward in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It can also be written as 丸子宿.
History
Mariko-juku was one of the smallest post stations on the Tōkaidō. Old row-houses from the Edo period can be found between Mariko-juku and Okabe-juku, its neighboring post station, in Utsuinotani. This post town also had strong ties to the Minamoto, Imagawa and Tokugawa clans.The classic ukiyo-e print by Andō Hiroshige from 1831–1834 depicts two travellers at a wayside restaurant called Chouji-ya, notable for serving tororo-jiru. The restaurant was founded in 1596 and is still in operation.