Sunpu-ginza was established in 1606 alongside the Sunpu-jyo Castle, where Ieyasu TOKUGAWA lived after his retirement, and the ginza was manned in alternate shifts by zajin officers and jouze inspectors from Kyoto-ginza since 1611.
慶長11年（1606年）徳川家康が隠居の地、駿府城築城と同時進行に設立したとされる銀座である。