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Along with the neighboring "additional post-station" (''kashuku'') town of Ôiwa, Futagawa was home to some 1,468 people in [[1843]], in 328 homes. There were 38 ''[[hatagoya]]'' (inns) between the two towns at that time.<ref>Shibuya, 78.</ref>

Along with the neighboring "additional post-station" (''kashuku'') town of Ôiwa, Futagawa was home to some 1,468 people in [[1843]], in 328 homes. There were 38 ''[[hatagoya]]'' (inns) between the two towns at that time.<ref>Shibuya, 78.</ref>

The ''honjin'' at Futagawa survives today as a local history museum. The building is 17 1/2 ''[[Japanese Measurements|ken]]'' wide, and covers a space of roughly 525 ''tsubo''.<ref>Watanabe Kazutoshi 渡辺和敏, "Sankin kôtai to honjin" 参勤交代と本陣, ''Honjin ni tomatta daimyô tachi'', 53.</ref> The front building, or the front portion of the building, including the ''genkan'', dates to [[1856]], having been rebuilt after the [[1854]] earthquake which destroyed the previous 1807 building.<ref>Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/45579059734/sizes/k/]</ref>

The ''honjin'' at Futagawa survives today as a local history museum. The building is 17 1/2 ''[[Japanese Measurements|ken]]'' wide, and covers a space of roughly 525 ''tsubo''.<ref>Watanabe Kazutoshi 渡辺和敏, "Sankin kôtai to honjin" 参勤交代と本陣, ''Honjin ni tomatta daimyô tachi'', 53.</ref> The front building, or the front portion of the building, including the ''genkan'', dates to [[1856]], having been rebuilt after the [[1854]] earthquake which destroyed the previous 1807 building. The front gate facing out onto the Tôkaidô is a four-legged ''[[yakuimon]]''-style gate, dating to [[1850]]; the previous 1807 gate was torn down in conjunction with renovations at that time.<ref>Plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/45579059734/sizes/k/]</ref>

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