Fuda no Tsuji Junction

It is the junction of the Hokkokukaido Road and Tokaido Road. Its name derives from the fact that the public notice on which the laws of Edo Shogunate called kosatsu [satsu can also be read as fuda in kanji], used to be put up. There was an office where means of transportation such as men or horses used to be arranged at the post station. Officially appointed and other inns used to stand along Haccho Street. This area used to be thronged with carriers, barkers for the inns, and travelers coming and going and is said to have been the most flourishing place in Otsu Village.