大久保宿(Okubo inn town)

I did not put any subtitle on this page because Okubo inn town is another one that has very scarce online information. It is located in western part of Akashi city. 

Around this area, one of the most famous things is Akashi man which is a piece of human hip bone that was supposedly 780,000 years old. This was found on coast of Akashi, not far from Okubo inn town. I will post the link of an article about Akashi Man. 

This looks like then entry to Okubo inn town. 
I looked up Morita Sumiyoshi shrine online…almost no data, or a very little info. 
These old houses do not look like someone is living…
At least, the house on the left side looks like a Hatago business hotel. But without any info, I cannot tell. 
I found a Christian church by Saigoku Kaido route. Between late 1500s-early 1600s, there were many Christians throughout Japan. But only fractions of them survived intense persecutions by Tokugawa shogunate.(The current church here probably has very little to do with Edo-time Christians)
Another old house. 
Jotokuji temple does not have detailed info either. 
The big house on the right side is Okubo honjin. One internet source says the honjin is not open to public. 
Most likely thus is the end of Okubo inn town. Some day I would love to visit Hagi city in Yanaguchi prefecture. There is a museum that has old scrolls of all Saigoku Kaido route and inn town. It will be interesting to discover how long and what’s in where. 







To Okubo honjin, it takes about 12 minutes walk from JR San’yo line Okubo station. 

References: 
Metcalfe, Tom. “20,000-year-old ‘human’fossils from Japan aren’t what we thought” LIVESCIENCE 1/15/2025 https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/20-000-year-old-human-fossils-from-japan-arent-what-we-thought (Accessed in 5/14/2025)

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