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A religious town in the Medieval periods and a commercial town inthe Edo Period.

Jinai-machi is the name of a town once protected by moats and earthworks , centering on a Buddhist Temple of the Shinshu sect. Tondabayashi Jinai-machi(located at Tondabayashi-cho, Tondabayashi City)was build in the Eiroku era(1558〜1561). Shoshu Shonin, a high priest from Kosho-Ji Temple in Kyoto, came to Tondabayashi and boought uncletivated grassland for 100 kan mon (old currency unit). He assembled eight persons of great influence from four local villages, and built the Kosho-ji Betsuin or a branch temple. Under the council system of these eight persons, they started to built the town centering on this temple. In the Edo period, Jinai-machi prospered as a commercial town because of its good location at the crossroads of Higashi Koya-Kaido and Chihaya-Kaido in addition to transportation by the Ishi(kawa) River under the direct control of the Tokugawa Shogunate. the sake brewing industry in particular flourished, and there were 149 shops in 51 types of businesses, according to records from the Kanbun era(1668). Jinai-machi developed as a cultural town as well as commercial town. Noh Play and Joruri, Japan's traditional Play were often performed at Kosho-ji Betsuin temple and the Sugiyama residence. Haikai, a seventeen-syllabled verse, was popular among the merchants. In the surrounding area, farmers grew grapes in their gardens, which were made into wine as a specialty. These was a generous and open spirit for a new era of freedom in Jinai-machi.