Bordered by the Tonegawa and Arakawa (Kanto) rivers and by the Tamagawa River, the area, where Sensoji Temple and Shinagawa Minato Port were located, thrived as a port town and a post station since sometime before the Edo period
江戸時代以前より浅草寺と品川湊あるいは利根川・荒川(関東)と多摩川に挟まれた港町・宿場町として栄えていた。