 Under the Nara period's Ritsuryō system, stations were established along the Seven Circuits so that officials could change horses.One of the stations, the Tōsandō, passed through the area of present-day Fukushima, and Minekoshi Station was established on the route.Minekoshi Station was located south of the Surikami River and north of the Matsukawa River, which at the time flowed to the south of Mt.