The British civil engineer J.W. Hart designed the layout of the settlement, which was equipped with check-patterned streets, roadside trees, parks, street lamps, and sewers; the settlement was divided into 126 blocks, and on July 24, 1868, the first auction of the land to foreigners was held.
ここにイギリス人土木技師J.W.ハートが居留地の設計を行い、格子状街路、街路樹、公園、街灯、下水道などを整備、126区画の敷地割りが行われ、同年7月24日に外国人に対して最初の敷地競売が実施された。