The Jobosei-type city was built in a symmetrical and square shape and streets were organized so that the Oji (jo) streets that ran south to north and the Oji (bo) streets that ran east to west were arranged in a grit pattern.
南北の大路（条）と東西の大路（坊）を碁盤の目状に組み合わせた左右対称で方形の都市プランである。