At the end of the Edo period, loyal supporters of the Emperor used inns for their secret meetings and monuments which act as memorials for locations where Ryoma SAKAMOTO and Kogoro KATSURA took refuge and were assassinated, can be found along the street.
幕末には勤皇志士が密会に利用したため、坂本龍馬や桂小五郎らの潜居跡や事跡の碑が繁華街のあちこちに立っている。