In the Edo period, the Sanin-kaido Road ran across the present-day Nishikyo Ward, and Katsura and the Katagihara and Oe areas along the road prospered as the shukuba-machi (post stations).
江戸時代には山陰街道が現在の西京区域を横断するように敷かれ、沿道の桂や樫原・大枝は宿場町として栄えた。