Minokamo

Kamo lies in central Mino beside the Kiso River, where the Nakasendō reached the post town of Ōta. Just east of the town, travellers faced the Ōta ferry, celebrated as one of the highway's most difficult crossings. The river's swift current and high water could leave people waiting on its banks. Inns and boatmen served the travellers passing between the eastern provinces and Kyoto through this important crossing.