Hodogaya station is about 32.4km from Nihonbashi. Travelers who got an early start on the long journey from Edo at dawn may have stopped here for their first night on the road.

On the bridge (today known as Katabira-bashi) we see a Komuso - a mendicant priest - carrying a bamboo flute as well as a palanquin and other walkers. The other side of the river is Hodogaya station.

For the distant mountains Hiroshige used blue and for the closer mountain he applied gray with trees. He also provided realistic perspective in the image by changing the size of people - large for closer people and smaller to the distant figure. In the distant field we even recognize a farmer carrying a hoe and a child behind him!