[1][2][3] Gōdo-juku was located on the far bank of the Nagara River from the castle town of Gifu and was the site of a ferry landing.

Per the 1843 "中山道宿村大概帳" (Nakasendō Shukuson Taigaichō) guidebook issued by the Inspector of Highways (道中奉行, Dōchu-būgyō), the post station was one of the smallest on the highway and had a population of 272 people in 64 houses, including one honjin, and 24 hatago, mostly used by travellers who missed the last ferry.

Gōdo-juku was completely leveled in the Bombing of Gifu in World War II, and no structures of the former post station have survived.

Utagawa Hiroshige's ukiyo-e print of Gōdo-juku dates from 1835 -1838 and is formally named "Gifu Road Station: Godo, Nagara River Cormorant Fishing Boat" (岐阻路ノ駅　河渡　長柄川鵜飼船 Gifu no Michi no Eki: Gōdo, Nagaragawa Ukaibune).

As the name implies, the scene depicted is that of Cormorant fishing on the Nagara River, which is still a popular tourist attraction in Gifu.