 Per an 1843 guidebook issued by the , the town stretched for about 1.1 kilometers along the highway, with a population of 2223 (1138 men, 1085 women) in 430 houses, and boasted two "honjin", one "waki-honjin," one "tonya" and 23 "hatago".Until the late Edo period, Warabi-shuku was infamous for its aggressive "meshimori onna" and numerous "chaya".Warabi-shuku was approximately 4 "ri", 28-"chō" (18.8 kilometers) from the starting point of the Nakasendō at Nihonbashi, which was the approximate distance the average traveler could walk in half a day.