| The Heian-kyu Palace once stood here, but the palace site, known as 'Uchino,' was overgrown with weeds, and Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, developed and improved Uchino when he built Jurakudai (Hideyoshi's residence and office in Kyoto) near the area, as the samurai residence in the Azuchi Momoyama period, creating the origin of 'Goban-cho.' |
「五番町」の町名の由来は安土・桃山時代、豊臣秀吉が聚楽第を築城する際、かつて平安宮が存在し野原と化した「内野」を開発し武家地として整備した。 |