In the early Edo period, in Omi Province there were four places where Shogun stayed when he went to Kyoto: Nagahara Goten (palace), Iba Goten, and Kashiwabara Goten in addition to Minaguchi-jo Castle.
江戸時代初期には将軍上洛用御殿が近江国内に水口城のほかに、永原御殿、伊庭御殿、柏原御殿があった。