Tojo Orai Roads

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Tojo Orai, Tōjō ōrai 東城往来 Tojo Roads
Many roads starting at the town of Tojo (広島県庄原市東城町 Hiroshima, Shobara city, Tojo town)
Tojo Kaido 東城街道 Tojo Highway
was the name used for roads leading to Tojo.
Roads leading away from the side of the Setonaikai were also called
雲州街道 Unshu Kaido（出雲街道 Izumo Kaido）
雲州道 Unshu no Michi / 雲州路 Unshu-Ji



. Izumo Kaido 出雲街道 .

Tojo is located in the middle between Nihonkai 日本海 the Sea of Japan and
Setonaikai 瀬戸内海 the Seto Inland Sea.
Many roads were used to bring merchandise from 備後国北部 the North of Bingo no Kuni province.

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出雲国への道 Road to Izumo no Kuni
From Tojo via 松江 Matsue to the Shrine 出雲大社 Izumo Taisha
Now National Highway 314.

. Izumo taisha 出雲大社 Izumo Grand Shrine .


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伯耆国への道 Road to Hoki no Kuni
From Tojo via 米子 Yonago to 大山 Mount Daisen.

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Hoki Province (伯耆国, Hōki no kuni)
was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the western part of Tottori Prefecture. It was sometimes called Hakushū (伯州). Hōki bordered on Inaba, Mimasaka, Bitchū, Bingo, and Izumo Provinces.
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新見・美作国への道 Road to Niimi, Mimasaka no Kuni
Now National Highway 182.

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Mimasaka Province (美作国, Mimasaka no kuni)
or Sakushu (作州, Sakushū) was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today northeastern Okayama Prefecture.
Mimasaka bordered Bitchū, Bizen, Harima, Hōki, and Inaba Provinces.
Mimasaka was landlocked, and was often ruled by the daimyō in Bizen. The ancient capital and castle town was Tsuyama.
During the Edo period the province was controlled by the Tsuyama Domain.
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吹屋への道 Road to Fukiya
Called 吹屋往来 Fukiya Orai from the Tojo side.
Now National Highway 182.

. My Visit to Fukiya 吹屋 .
an important copper mining town in the Edo period.


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備中松山城下への道 Road to Bitchu Matsuyama
From Tojo to the castle town, present-day 岡山県高梁市 Takahashi in Okayama.
Now National Highway 182.

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Bitchū Matsuyama Castle (備中松山城, Bitchū Matsuyama-jō),
also known as Takahashi Castle, is a castle located in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is not to be confused with Matsuyama Castle in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture.
Along with being one of only twelve remaining original castles in the country, Bitchū Matsuyama Castle is notable as the castle with the highest elevation above sea level in Japan at 430 meters (1410 ft).
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笠岡への道 Road to Kasaoka
東城より備中国笠岡湊（岡山県笠岡市）に至る。
From there called the 出雲街道 Izumo Kaido.

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備後福山城下への道 Road to the castle of Bingo Fukuyama
From Tojo called 福山道 Fukuyama Michi.
From Fukuyama called 東城街道 Tojo Kaido, 東城道 Tojo Michi or 東城路 Tojo-Ji.
Now National Highway 182.

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Bingo Province (備後国, Bingo no kuni)
was a province of Japan on the Inland Sea side of western Honshū, comprising what is today the eastern part of Hiroshima Prefecture.
It was sometimes grouped together with Bizen and Bitchu Provinces as Bishū (備州). The 備 bi in the names of these provinces is taken from the second character in the name of Kibi Province, whose ambit also included the area that would be divided off as Mimasaka Province in the early 8th century CE. Bingo bordered Bitchū, Hōki, Izumo, Iwami, and Aki Provinces.
The ancient capital is believed to have been in the vicinity of the city of Fuchu. During the Sengoku Period, Bingo was part of the Mori clan's domains, but after the Battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu reassigned it to one of his allies.
A notable landmark includes Fukuyama Castle, which was the main castle of the Bingo-Fukuyama han (clan) during the Edo period of Japanese history.
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備後府中への道 Road to Bingo Fuchu in Hiroshima
Now National Highway 25.

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尾道への道 Road to Onomichi in Hiroshima
Now National Highway 25.

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三原城下への道 Road to the castle town of Mihara in Hiroshima
Now National Highway 25.



. Mihara Daruma 三原だるま .


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三次への道 Road to Miyoshi in Hiroshima
This road was used to procede to 安芸国 Aki no Kuni and 石見国 Iwami no Kuni
Now National Highway 23.

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庄原市 Shobara city 東城町 Tojo town

. daikon 大根 と伝説 Legends about radish .
daikon no oto 大根の音 the sound of a radish
People should not cut radish on the day of Inoko, because if someone hears the sound of cutting, he will die.
Farmers are also not allowed to go into 大根畑 the radish fields to pull radishes.

. inoko 亥の子 / イノコ / 亥子 day of the "young wild boar" .

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ishigami san 石神さん The Venerable Stone Deity
Once 柳右衛門 Ryuemon saw a large rock falling from the sky and wanted to venerate it in his estate. He asked a strong forest worker to carry it to his home. The worker could carry it without aproblem, finding it quite light. But when they reached the pass, the rock suddenly felt so heavy he could not carry it any more.
So they built a Shrine on the pass and prayed there to
手力男命 Tajikara Onokami / 天之手力男神 / 天手力男神 Ame no Tajikara Onokami, Amenotajikara O no Kami
The rock seemed to grow larger every year.



（あめのたぢからおのかみ）

. Ishigami 石神 Stone Deity .
天手力男神 Amenotadikaraonokmi / Ame-no-tajikarao / Amenotejikara

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. Onibashi 鬼橋 the Demon Bridge .
At 帝釈山 Mount Taishakusan.


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