Each half of the city had a central marketplace, where both local goods and goods imported from further away were bought and sold. The city was connected to [[Naniwa]] (modern-day [[Osaka]]) via canals and river transport systems, and beyond that to the rest of the archipelago chiefly by sea routes. Goods were purchased at market chiefly by barter, though [[currency|copper coins]] minted by the state also circulated. | Each half of the city had a central marketplace, where both local goods and goods imported from further away were bought and sold. The city was connected to [[Naniwa]] (modern-day [[Osaka]]) via canals and river transport systems, and beyond that to the rest of the archipelago chiefly by sea routes. Goods were purchased at market chiefly by barter, though [[currency|copper coins]] minted by the state also circulated. |