Mie

Mie lies on the western shore of Ise Bay, where the market and port of Yokkaichi grew along the Tōkaidō. In the Edo period it became a post station with inns, official lodgings and an office arranging transport for the highway. Daimyō processions and pilgrims bound for Ise passed through the town, while the harbour gathered goods from the bay. Yokkaichi thus joined the traffic of the great road to maritime commerce.