Shukuba during the early-modern times were developed by Ieyasu TOKUGAWA after the Battle of Sekigahara, and it began on the Tokai-do Road, then the Nakasen-do Road, and had continued one after another.
近世の宿場の整備は徳川家康によって関ヶ原の戦い後に始められ、先ず東海道、続いて中山道と順次進められていった。