At the end of the Edo period, it was said to have boasted five hundred tea houses and more than one thousand of geisha, apprentice geisha and shogi (prostitutes) in total, and flourished thanks to appreciation by many prominent figures such as literati and politicians.
江戸末期にはお茶屋が500軒、芸妓、舞妓、娼妓合わせて1000人以上いたといい、文人や政治家等に愛され大いに繁栄した。