Walking Koyanose-juku, a post town on the Nagasaki-kaido

On Monday, we went to Koyanose-juku (木屋瀬宿), a post town on the Nagasaki Kaido highway in Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu. Koyanose-juku was the second post station next to Kurosaki. 

The site of the East Gate of Koyanose-juku. This is the entrance of an old post town on the Nagasaki Kaido highway from Kokura.

There are many old Japanese style houses (Machiya 町屋) in the street.

The Moyai-no-ie (もやいの家) trading house. It used to be a trading place for foreign goods and sugar materials during the Edo period. It is now used as a rest area and a souvenir shop. 

The site of Toiyaba (問屋場跡).  

A row of the traditional style houses all joined together.

The road turns 90 degrees in front of the Nagasaki Kaido Museum. 

Just across the street and keep going to straight, we found a house called Funashoya (船庄屋= the house of vessel headmen). It is said to be that they sent their annual rice productions by a river boat.

The Old Takasaki Family House (旧高崎家住宅 kyu takasaki-ke jyutaku). It was a merchant house built in the late Edo period, and also the birthplace of Harube Ima (伊馬春部) who was a broadcast producer in the mid Showa period.

The site of Murashoya (村庄屋= the house of village headmen). There were three shoyas in this town, the Kawashoya (川庄屋) who was a responsibility manager of a river vessel and the Shukushoya (宿庄屋) was a general manager of inns.

When we came near the end of the street, we could see a stone monument of the former West Gate. This is the end of the town. 

The Oiwake (追分) split road sign that divides the road into two parts. If you go to the left, you'll get to Iizuka-shuku where is the next post station on the Nagasaki Kaido. If you turn right, you'll be going to Fukuoka via Akama-shuku in Munakata.