Kanaya-juku

During the Edo period, it was the easternmost post station of Tōtōmi Province.

There were over 1,000 buildings in the post town, including three honjin, one sub-honjin and 51 hatago.

[1] However, whenever the river's banks overflowed, travelers were not able to pass through Kanaya and on to Shimada-juku, as the Tokugawa shogunate had expressly forbidden the construction of any bridge on the Ōi River.

The classic ukiyo-e print by Andō Hiroshige (Hōeido edition) from 1831–1834 depicts a daimyō procession on sankin-kōtai crossing the river.

The daimyō is riding in a kago, held above the water by a makeshift platform carried by numerous porters.