This is a very humorous scene - travelers being pulled by ladies from the inns. We almost hear them crying "Don’t do that! Help!" What on earth is going on here?

Those ladies are called ‘Tome-onna’, touts inviting travelers to their inns. Since the next station (Akasaka) was only 1.7km away, many travelers didn’t stay here in Goyu, and many inns were desperate to get customers.

On the right a traveler is seated in the entrance of an inn and a woman has prepared a tub full of water. In those days people wore straw sandals for a long walk and their feet must have become very dirty. Therefore it was common that visitors would need to rinse their feet before entering a building.

Behind the seated man, the publisher’s family name - ’Takenouchi’ - is seen in a large circle. To the right of it several wooden tags are hanging. Hiroshige included the carver’s and printer’s name on them. This was very unusual for an ukiyo-e print, where craftsmen's identifies were rarely acknowledged.

At the far left, a sliding entrance door is seen. The building is also presumably an inn because ‘O-atari-ya' - meaning "big win inn" is written on it.

Hiroshige must have enjoyed depicting this lively scene, which must have happened daily at this station!