Mitsuke-juku is located on the left bank of the
Tenryū River, but boats generally used the nearby
Ōi River, as it had a deeper channel and fewer difficult places to navigate. However, much like
Shimada-juku, whenever the Ōi River overflowed, travel through the town became impossible. In addition to being a post station, Mitsuke-juku also flourished as the entry to
Tōtōmi Province's and as the point at which the Tōkaidō separated with a
hime kaidō. When the
Tōkaidō 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
Andō Hiroshige (Hōeidō edition) from 1831–1834 depicts travelers changing boats on a sandbank while crossing the Tenryū River by ferry. ==Neighboring post towns==