was the twenty-eighth of the fifty-three stations of the Tà Âkaidà Â. It is located in what is now the central part of the city of Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The post station received its name, which means "with a view," because it was the first place from which Mount Fuji could be seen by travelers coming from Kyoto.
Mitsuke-juku is located on the left bank of the Tenryà « River, but boats generally used the nearby à Âi River, as it had a deeper channel and fewer difficult places to navigate. However, much like Shimada-juku, whenever the à Âi River overflowed, travel through the town became impossible.
In addition to being a post station, Mitsuke-juku also flourished as the entry to Tà Âtà Âmi Province's and as the point at which the Tà Âkaidà  separated with a hime kaidà Â.
When the Tà Âkaidà  Main Line railway was established, the train station was built to the south of Mitsuke in the village of Nakaizumi. In 1940, Mitsuke and Nakaizumi merged, forming the town of Iwata, which became a city in 1948.
The classic ukiyo-e print by Andà  Hiroshige (Hà Âeidà  edition) from 1831âÂÂ1834 depicts travelers changing boats on a sandbank while crossing the Tenryà « River by ferry.