However, the daimyo (especially the tozama daimyo (nonhereditary feudal lords)) tended to have a sense of identity in their lands because they visited the places due to sankinkotai (daimyo's alternate-year residence in Edo) every other year.
一方、大名（特に外様大名）は参勤交代で隔年に領地に入るので、領地にアイデンティティを持つ傾向が強かった。