Inume Inn

Inume-juku is believed to have been newly established in 1713 (Shōtoku 3) as a post town on the old Kōshū Kaidō road, in an area that was previously uninhabited. There is a legend that the original settlement was located at "Tsuchibashi," about 700m to the south, making it a point where road policies (defense and transportation) and settlement formation were intertwined. The post town is situated on a mountainous plateau, and Mount Fuji can be seen from around Inume Pass. It is also known as a scenic spot depicted in ukiyo-e prints by Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige. In 1970 (Shōwa 45), most of the post town was destroyed by fire, but a streetscape of about 200m remains neatly intact, conveying the atmosphere of the post town to the present day.