Ena

Ena lies in eastern Mino, where wooded hills mark the approach to the Kiso mountains. The Nakasendō passed through post towns including Ōi and Nakatsugawa before climbing toward Shinano. In the Edo period the road carried products from Kiso and Shinano toward Nagoya, and brought goods back into the mountains. Travellers and domain officials shared the route, whose stones and milestones marked the passage between eastern Mino and the interior.