Tachibana

Tachibana lies in southern Musashi beside the lower Tama River. Kawasaki grew here as a post town on the Tōkaidō, established in 1623 to serve traffic between Edo and the western provinces. Travellers crossed the river at Rokugō by ferry, and the town's hostels and transport agents supported the flow of people and goods. Control of the crossing later provided revenue that helped sustain the post station.