Moreover, it was located on an important ground transportation route for rice running from eastern Harima Province, where good rice for brewing sake was grown, to Nishinomiya-cho, Muko-gun, Settsu Province, which was the center of brewing.
また、酒造好適米の生産地である播磨国東部から酒造の一大中心地である摂津国武庫郡西宮町への陸路による輸送の重要な中継点であった。