When Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI built Odoi (earth enclosure), anentrance of Odoi (Seven Entrances to Kyoto) - Kuramaguchi was establishedaround the current Izumoji-bashi Bridge Nishizume.
With Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI's construction of Fushimi-jo Castle, Uji-gawa River underwent modifications: A road was built to connect Fushimi-juku (Kyo-kaido Road) with Mukojima (Kyoto Prefecture) on the otherside of the river, crossing the riverover Ogura-zutsumi bank and it was named Yamato-kaido Road.