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During the Edo period, Narumi was one terminus of the [[Chosenjin kaido|Chôsenjin kaidô]], the elite route connecting [[Otsu|Ôtsu]] and Narumi, the use of which was restricted to [[Korean embassies to Edo]] and the shogun himself.<ref>Nam-Lin Hur, "A Korean Envoy Encounters Tokugawa Japan: Shin Yuhan and the Korean Embassy of 1719," Bunmei 21 no. 4 (Aichi University, 2000), 71-72n3.; Toby, Ronald. “Carnival of the Aliens: Korean Embassies in Edo-Period Art and Popular Culture.” Monumenta Nipponica 41:4 (Winter 1986). pp 420-421n.</ref>
During the Edo period, Narumi was one terminus of the [[Chosenjin kaido|Chôsenjin kaidô]], the elite route connecting [[Otsu|Ôtsu]] and Narumi, the use of which was restricted to [[Korean embassies to Edo]] and the shogun himself.<ref>Nam-Lin Hur, "A Korean Envoy Encounters Tokugawa Japan: Shin Yuhan and the Korean Embassy of 1719," Bunmei 21 no. 4 (Aichi University, 2000), 71-72n3.; Toby, Ronald. “Carnival of the Aliens: Korean Embassies in Edo-Period Art and Popular Culture.” Monumenta Nipponica 41:4 (Winter 1986). pp 420-421n.</ref>
Around the end of the period, the town was home to some 3,643 people living in 847 homes. Visitors were lodged in 68 ''[[hatagoya]]'', a main ''honjin'', and two ''waki-honjin''. The ''honjin'' was moved to the town of Nekoya, renamed Narumi, in [[1633]]; in each generation, its innkeeper was known as Nishio Iemon.
The post-station was also home to the [[Zen]] temple [[Zuisen-ji (Nagoya)|Zuisen-ji]].
The post-station was also home to the [[Zen]] temple [[Zuisen-ji (Nagoya)|Zuisen-ji]].