Ruins of Ochaya (Honjin)

The area around what is now Bingo-Saijo Station on the JR San'yo Main Line was once a flourishing post station town on the Shikoku Highway in the Edo period, and a honjin stronghold called the Ochaya was placed here by Hiroshima Domain. Later used as a government office for Kamo County in the Meiji period, then as the Kamo regional government office, today the honjin’s front gate has been restored to its original state. At the present time, visitors many only view the exterior. The site is located on Sakagura-dori Street, which is lined with old-fashioned “Western-style” buildings and beautiful dozo-zukuri sake breweries, and many tourists exploring the area stop by here.