Okabe Post Town

...There are many historical sites and cultural assets, such as the remains of the main inn and rows of pine trees that evoke the past of the post town.
[Okabe Post Town]
A post station in Suruga Province. It is also the birthplace of the Okabe clan, who settled here during the Heian period and served the Imagawa, Takeda, and Tokugawa clans, and later became lords of the Kishiwada domain in Izumi Province.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…かつての宿場のおもかげを残す本陣跡や松並木など，史跡や文化財が多い。【萩原 毅】
［岡部宿］
　駿河国の宿駅。また平安時代にこの地に土着し，今川氏，武田氏，ついで徳川氏に仕え，後に和泉国岸和田藩主となった岡部氏の出身地でもある。…

※「岡部宿」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報