Inaba-juku

…In the past, the provincial capital of Owari was located here, and the remains of the provincial government office and the Sosha Kokufumiya Shrine (Okunitama Shrine) can be found in Matsushita, about 1km east of the current city center. The current city center developed as Inaba-juku, a post station on the Mino Kaido road, during the Edo period, and at that time, there was one honjin and one wakihonjin station. Inazawa Station on the Tokaido Main Line opened in 1904, and one of the largest marshalling yards in the country was built in 1925. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Inaba-juku" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…古くは尾張の国府が置かれ，現市街地の東方約1kmの松下に国衙（こくが）跡と総社国府宮跡(大国霊神社)がある。現市街は江戸時代に美濃街道の宿駅〈稲葉宿〉として発達したもので，当時は本陣･脇本陣各1が置かれていた。1904年東海道本線稲沢駅が開業し，25年に全国有数の操車場が造られた。…

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