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Banba Juku
Photograph at: Maibara town, Shiga Pref., Japan It's nearby "Meishin expressway". The coordinates are "35/18/13.99N , 136/18/27.14E"(WGS84). "Banba Juku" is the old stage town on "Nakasendo" that was the old road in Edo Era from Edo(Tokyo mets.) to Kyoto(Kyoto mets.) via Gunma pref., Nagano, Gifu, Aichi and Shiga. This town is famous as the birth place of "Banba-no-Chutaroh(Chutaroh of Banba)". He was one of the most famous "Heroic Hac" in Japan. Kiyoshi Hikawa, who is a famous Japanese blues singer(especially he is loved by many old women....) also sings the song for Chutaroh today.