Goyu-shuku

A pine tree colonnade, one of the few remnants from the Edo period post town, is a well-known tourist spot.

The classic ukiyo-e print by Andō Hiroshige (Hōeidō edition) from 1831 to 1834 depicts the main street of the post town at dusk, with aggressive female touts (for which the post station was infamous) attempting to drag travellers into teahouses and inns for the night.

However, when the Tōkaidō Main Line was laid down and bypassed Goyu-shuku, it did not receive the same prosperity as Mito and Gamagōri.

The prosperity that the town had before the Meiji Restoration, however, did not return, because express trains did not stop at the station.

This eventually led to the district's offices and police stations being moved to the nearby Kō-chō area of Toyokawa.