船ふな宿やど

noun

shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors

Historical term for an establishment that provided lodging for sailors and arranged boat transport or shipping services, common in the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、船ふな宿やどは船せん頭どうや旅たび人びとの宿やどとして栄さかえた。

  In the Edo period, funayado flourished as inns for boatmen and travelers.

• この辺あたりには昔むかし、船ふな宿やどが何なん軒げんもあったそうだ。

  I heard there used to be several funayado around here long ago.