Haruhime, the daughter of the fourth daimyō, Kuroda Nagasada married into the Akizuki clan of Takanabe Domain, the former masters of this area.

Fukuoka Domain refused to cede Amagi-juku, a key post town adjacent to the Akizuki jin'ya, due to its strategic importance.

The Akizuki Kuroda family was granted the title of viscounts in the 1884 kazoku peerage system.

Although the jin'ya was sold off in the Meiji period, the site is now home to a Shinto shrine dedicated to Kuroda Nagaoki, and the moat, stone walls, Kuromon (former main gate) and Nagayamon (former back gate) all survive.

[4] [5] In 1876, the area was the site of the Akizuki rebellion, in which former samurai of the domain, disillusioned with the policies of the Meiji government and with the loss of their prestige and stipends attacked local police before being suppressed by the Imperial Japanese Army.