Oyama Kaido Highway

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. Kaido 街道 The old highways .
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Oyama Kaido 大山街道 Oyama Highway
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Futago Kaido 二子街道 Futago Highway



Oyama Kaido was a favorite pilgrim road to
. 大山の不動様 Oyama no Fudo Son .

- - - - - Shrine Oyama Afuri Jinja 大山阿夫利神社

- reference source : Homepage afuri .or .jp -


There were two Oyama Kaido leading out of Edo, dividing at Sangen-jaya.
The Old Oyama Kaido is now called Tamagawa-doori　玉川通り Tamagawa-Dori.


source : sangendyaya.co.jp

. Sangenjaya 三軒茶屋 Sangen-jaya, "three tea stalls" .
Setagaya, Tokyo

Under the un-auspicious name of "tea stall", a lot of extra entertainment was available in Edo.
Along the public roads to the countryside, there were many Chaya for travellers to rest.

- - - - The three tea shops were
Ishibashi-ya 石橋屋 - originally 信楽 Shigaraki
Kado-ya 角屋 and Tanaka-ya 田中屋

They were located at the beginning of two highways out of Edo,
大山街道 Oyama Kaido and 二子街道 Futago Kaido.

The Oyama Kaido is also known as
厚木街道　Atsugi Kaido and 矢倉沢往還　Yagurazawa Okan
The Yagurazawa Okan crossed the 足柄峠 Ashigara Toge and went on 駿河国沼津宿 the Numazu postal station of the Tokaido in Suruga (Shizuoka).
足柄道 Ashigara Do - 足柄路 Ashigara Ji
Already mentioned in poems of the 万葉集 Manyoshu Waka poetry collection.



Oyama Kaido starts at the Akasaka Mon Gate 赤坂門 in Edo.
The main postal stations were:
１ 三軒茶屋 Sangenjaya
２ 溝口 Mizoguchi
３ 荏田 Eda
４ 長津田 Nagatsuta
５ 下鶴間 Shimotsuruma
６ 国分 Kokubun
７ 厚木 Atsugi
８ 伊勢原 Isehara
- 大山阿夫利神社 Afuri Jinja


There are 19 more side-roads of the Oyama Kaido
- wikipedia -

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The Oyama Kaido is still very popular and there is a stamp rally from Futago to Oyama.



from 二子→荏田→長塚→下鶴間宿→国分宿→厚木宿→糟屋宿→伊勢原宿→大山

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The Futago Kaido
Futago Tamagawa 二子玉川 was famous for

. Tamagawa Daishi 玉川大師 - temple Gyokushin Mitsuin .

The postal station Futago Juku was at Kawasaki
神奈川県川崎市高津区二子 / Futako, Futago, Takatsu Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Futago no Watashi、Futako 二子の渡し　river crossing over the Tamagawa


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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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大和市 Yamato city

Kappa カッパ the Water Goblin
Palanquin carriers carried a Samurai along 大山街道 the Oyama Kaido Highway from the bridge 間門橋 / 馬門橋 Makadobashi toward Fujisawa, but when they arrived, there was nobody in the palanquin.
When carrying a beautiful lady form Fujisawa toward the river 間門川 Makadogawa, she disappeared.
The 駕籠屋 palanquin carriers had a meeting and decided to drive out the Kappa who caused all this trouble!

. Kappa 河童 / かっぱ / カッパ - Kappa, the Water Goblin .

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

. Edo, Tokyo　江戸 - 東京 - 伝説 Legends Index .


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