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日本全国の錦絵・写真等を紹介する新しい電子展示会「錦絵と写真でめぐる日本の名所」を公開しました。
Current Address
Itabashi-ku, Itabashi
Description
A posting station located on both the north and south banks midstream of the Shakujii-gawa River. The Kawagoe-kaido Road Kami Itabashi Station was located Kami Itabashimura, and the Nakasendo Highway Shimo Itabashi Station was located in Shimo Itabashimura. The origin of the name is from the ita (wooden plank) hashi (bridge) which spanned the Shakujii-gawa River. It is an old region name from the end of the Heian Period which also appears in the "Tale of the Heike".