Yakage Town is located in southwestern Okayama Prefecture, along the Oda River.
During the Edo period, it flourished as a post town on the old Sanyo Road. Records also show that Atsuhime stayed there on her way to Edo. The townscape from that era, including the honjin and waki-honjin inns, remains today, and efforts are underway to put traditional houses to use as accommodations and for other purposes. The town is also traversed by the “Toto Road,” once used to carry fish from the Seto Inland Sea into the mountain valleys.
