Known as the only historic town that still preserves the remnants of the old Tokaido Road, the district extends about 1.8 km east and west and covers an area of 25 hectares. Seki Jizoin, which is located in the center of the district, is designated as an important national cultural asset.

The Kato clan served as the chief retainer for the Ishikawa clan, the lords of Kameyama Castle in the late Edo period (1615-1868). The Nagaya-mon (long house gate) used as the front gate of the clan’s residence and its adjacent storehouse are preserved as samurai architecture that has been handed down to this day.

The Tamon Yagura (tower), built around 1632, is the only castle that exists in Mie Prefecture.

This is a large keyhole-shaped tomb mound, about 90 meters long and nine meters high, with the diameter of the round back reaching 54 meters. Based on the historic narrative that legendary figure Yamato Takeruno-mikoto died in Nobono in Ise Country on his way back from the expedition to the eastern regions, Japan’s Imperial Household Agency manages the tomb as one of “Shiratori San-ryo (three tombs).”