` ::Thank you for your answer. I know about shukueki. But in Japanese all words like shukueki, shukuba, shukuba-machi are combined with idea of shuku that means ``inn``. In Europe we also had the system of small inn towns on the main roads, which was very simmilar to the system of medieval japanese shukuba. I realize that shukuba have got more facilities then just inns, but the later were probably the main in it. Any way, thank you for your reply!  `