[Shirakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture] What is Shirakawa Seki? Shirakawa, a border town where a checkpoint was once located
Until around the Nara period, Shirakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture, was located at the entrance to a region called Emishi (present-day Tohoku region), which was beyond the reach of the imperial court, and was located at the border of Kunizaka...