今市宿(Imaichi unofficial inn town): very little info but has some beautiful old houses

We are continuing on tracking down Saigoku Kaido/pre-modern San’yodo route and the medieval San’yodo route. 

The route basically follows national R-486, and along with Oda river(the big river on the bottom of pictures). 


The trail goes a bit off from R-486, and the medieval route eventually splits off for north. 

The medieval route goes on rice and veggie fields. 

Saigoku Kaido route goes straight westward. 

I wonder why the medieval San’yodo takes a weird shape, not simply going straight westward. What were there?  

Going along the bottom of mountains must be easier to find directions back in medieval time I guess. 













Now both routes are merged. Then I found a section that have series of old houses.(around the center of the following Google map, starting off from the splitting point from R-486)

Several bloggers have pointed out that this is 今市宿(Imaichi unofficial inn town), which supported Nanokaichi inn town. 
Due to lack of info, I will just post the street view. 
This is definitely not a preservation district. However, google map and street views show that this section is fairly well preserved. 
According to some of blogs, on the right just before this picture, there is a sign of honjin inn ruins. The most updated street view does not include the honjin sign. 
The section of series of old houses from Imaichi inn town is fairly long. If you are cycling, you would want to check out. 


I am not posting any blogs on the reference section due to lack of info in the blogs I saw. 

The next stop is Nanokaichi inn town. Okayama section of San’yodo/Saigoku Kaido is close to the end. 



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