Nakasendo Yawata-juku

The Yawata-juku is the 24th inn counting from Edo (now Tokyo) and was built in the early Edo period (1603-1868) as a rice distribution center in the surrounding granary area, and is also known as the place where the Imperial Princess Wamiya stayed when she married. The Hachiman Shrine near the main camp is a historic shrine from which the name Yawata-juku was derived, and within its precincts is the Kora Shrine, designated as a national important cultural property, which is said to be a shrine related to the people who came to Japan from overseas.