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8/14/2019

Togakushi Kodo Road

source and more photos : blog.goo.ne.jp/heppoco...

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- Trace the footsteps of ancient pilgrims to five shrines.
The Togakushi Kodo Trail
is a pilgrimage route approximately ten kilometers long that connects the five shrines of the Togakushi Shrine:
the Okusha, the Kuzuryusha, the Chusha, the Hokosha, and the Hinomikosha.
The Togakushi Shrine was established on the slopes of Mount Togakushi, which has been a center of Japan’s traditional mountain worship since ancient times. Sometimes called “Togakushi Sanzembo,” the shrine has been visited by throngs of pilgrims through the ages.
In recent years, the Togakushi Shrine has become popular as a spot endowed with mystical power, but if you want to learn about its history and culture, we recommend that you trace the pilgrimage route that our ancestors followed.
Starting from the base of the shrine, closest to the urban area of Nagano, one comes to the Hokosha, the Hinomikosha, and the Chusha in that order. Farthest into the interior are the Kuzuryusha and the Okusha, which are located in the same area. You can find plenty of enjoyment just by walking the trail and inhaling the fragrances of the natural environment, but starting from the Okusha, you can also climb Mount Togakushi and Happo-nirami as a day trip. The many ridges along the rugged trail to the summit provide a succession of panoramic views that evoke the mystery of the region.
- At the Togakushi Shrine, enjoy nature and cuisine to the fullest!
The Togakushi Shinrin Botanical Park is located close to the entrance to the Togakushi Shrine Oku-sha. Within the 71-hectare park, visitors can stroll along footpaths while getting a close-up feel for how nature breathes in and out from one season to the next. More than 750 plant species can be found in the park, and visitors can enjoy an abundance of flowering plants, including skunk cabbage and spotted bellflower, to name but two. More than 120 species of birds are said to inhabit the park over the course of a year, making this one of the premier birdwatching sites in Japan. One can hear their beautiful songs cutting through the clear air. The park features a number of areas where visitors can get close to nature, including a skunk cabbage patch, a botanical observation area, a pond surrounded by greenery, and a relaxing glade. An educational center near the entrance displays specimens, models, dioramas, and the like as a way to introduce visitors to the nature of the Togakushi region.

Togakushi soba 戸隠蕎麦 Togakushi buckwheat noodles

When one hears the mention of Togakushi cuisine, one immediately thinks “soba!”
History says that soba is the staple food that pilgrims carried with them in ancient times. The distinctive Togakushi style of serving soba is called “batchi-mori,” in which five or six folded handfuls of soba are arranged in a single bamboo strainer. Pungent Togakushi daikon radish is used as a seasoning. This is truly the flavor of Togakushi.
- source : go-centraljapan.jp/route...

. The old Shinano Province 信濃国 / Shinshū 信州 Shinshu Highways .
Hokkoku Kaido 北国街道 Hokkoku Highway Roads
At 柏原宿 Kashiwabara station the highway forkes into the 飯山道 Iiyama road and the
戸隠道 Togakushi road / 戸隠古道 Togakushi Kodo .

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奥社 Okusha, 九頭龍社 Kuzuryusha (Dragon with 9 heads)
中社 Chusha - Middle Shrine, 宝光社 Hokosha,
日之御子社　Hinomikosha

- Homepage of 戸隠神社 the Shrine Togakushi Jinja
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. Togakushi matsuri 戸隠祭 Togakushi Shrine Festival .
- an Autumn Kigo for Haiku

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Shinshū Togakushiyama
Hiroshige II

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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戸隠 Togakushi

. 鬼無里村 Kinasa Mura, "Village without Demons" .

. 戸隠山の鬼 Togakushiyama no Oni Demons .
kijo momiji　鬼女紅葉 The Female Demon called "Momiji"

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42 戸隠 collecting

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Tr. Gabi Greve

里宮も戸隠道も葛の秋
sato miya mo Togakushi do mo kuzu no aki

the shrine in the village too
the Togakushi road too
arrowroot in autumn

西本一都 Nishimoto Ichito

戸隠の奥社に甘き岩清水
Togakushi no Okusha ni amaki iwashimizu

at the Okusha
of Togakushi is sweet water
trickling from the rocks

須賀允子 Suka Tadako

Togakushi no shimizu 戸隠の湧水 clear water from Togakushi - a local speciality

戸隠やもとより霧の宮柱
尾崎迷堂

戸隠の奥社に甘き岩清水
須賀允子

戸隠の社家の軒にも麻の束
三宅まさる

戸隠はやうやく中社余花の道
皆吉爽雨

戸隠や社家なる宿の走り蕎麦
加藤多眠王

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8/12/2019

Iiyama Shinano Highways

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. Kaido 街道 Highways - ABC Index .
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The old Shinano Province 信濃国 / Shinshū 信州 Shinshu
... now 長野県 Nagano Prefecture.

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Shinano bordered on
1 Kōzuke, 2 Musashi, 3 Kai, 4 Suruga, 5 Tōtōmi, 6 Mikawa, 7 Mino, 8 Hida, 9 Etchu and 10 Echigo.
The ancient capital was located near modern-day 松本 Matsumoto, which became an important city of the province.
- Historical record
In 713, the road that traverses Mino and Shinano provinces was widened to accommodate increasing numbers of travelers through the Kiso District of modern Nagano Prefecture.
In the Sengoku period,
Shinano Province was often split among fiefs and castle towns developed, including 小諸 Komoro, 伊那 Ina, and 上田 Ueda. Shinano was one of the major centers of Takeda Shingen's power during his wars with Uesugi Kenshin and others.
Suwa Taisha Shrine was designated as the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) for the province.
In 1871, during the Meiji period,
with the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures (Haihan Chiken) after the Meiji Restoration, Shinano Province was administratively separated in 1871 into Nagano and Chikuma prefectures. These two tentative governmental and territorial units were reconfigured together again in 1876. This became the modern prefecture of Nagano, which remains substantially unchanged from that time.
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. Suwa Taisha 諏訪大社 Great Suwa Shrine .

. Takeda Shingen 武田信玄 (1521 - 1573) .

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Hokkoku Kaido 北国街道 Hokkoku Highway Roads
From Oiwake on the 中仙道 Nakasendo Highway to 野尻宿 Nojiri into 越後 and on to the Echigo province.

source : ktr.mlit.go.jp/nagano/sinsyukaidou/hokkoku...

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The Hokkoku Kaido Road is the generic name of the main roads in Hokuriku region in the Edo period.
There were actually three main roads running through this region;
the 北陸道 Hokuriku-do Highway, which went to the west from Naoetsu (present Niigata Pref.),
the 北国西街道 Hokkoku Nishi Kaido (West Road), which linked Seba (present Shiojiri City) on the Nakasendo Road and Tanbajima (present Nagano City), and the
the 北国脇往還 Hokkoku Waki Okan (Byroad of the Hokkoku Highway).
At the present, this byroad is often referred to as the Hokkoku Kaido Road.
The road with a total length of 140 km crossed the whole area of Shinshu region and linked Oiwake (present Karuizawa) on the Nakasendo Highway and Takada (present Joetsu City) on the Hokuriku Highway.
This road connecting the Pacific side and the Northern coastal side of the country played an important role as the gold route that carried the gold mined at Sado Gold Mine and the sankin kotai (the system of “alternate attendance”) route of the feudal lords including that of Maeda clan, who were given the fiefs in the Hokuriku region.
It was also used for carrying commodities from the Hokuriku region to the Kanto region.
The road was sometimes called “Zenkoji Kaido,” 善光寺街道 because it was used by the pilgrims visiting Zenkoji Temple in Nagano City. At the present, Route 18 traces about the same route as the Edo period Hokkoku Kaido.
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. Shiotsu Kaido 塩津街道 Shiotsu Highway / 塩津海道 Shiotsu Sea Road .
with details about the Hokkoku Kaido roads

. Saku Koshu Kaido 佐久甲州街道 Saku Highway .
Also called Koshu Okan 甲州往還 Koshu Road

Nezumijuku 鼠宿 postal station
. Iwabana no nezumi 岩鼻のねずみ the mice from Iwabana .
- - - Chikumagwa 千曲川と伝説 Legends about the river Chikumagawa

. Zenkooji 善光寺 Zenko-Ji in Nagano .

At 柏原宿 Kashiwabara station the highway forked into the 飯山道 Iiyama road and the
戸隠道 Togakushi road.

. Togakushi Kodo 戸隠古道 Togakushi Old Pilgrim Road .

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Iiyama Kaido 飯山街道 Iiyama Highway
Started at 神代宿 Kumashiro.

千曲川下流飯山街道古繪圖
source : kosho.or.jp/products...

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Iiyama (飯山市 Iiyama-shi) is a city located in Nagano Prefecture.
It markets itself as "Japan's Hometown" and is known as the "Little Kyoto of Snow Country".
- History
The area of present-day Iiyama was part of ancient Shinano Province.
The area was part of the holdings of Iiyama Domain during the Edo period, and the core of the city was the jōkamachi surrounding Iiyama Castle, held by a cadet branch of the Honda clan. The modern town of Iiyama was established within Shimominochi District, Nagano with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889.
It was raised to city status on August 1, 1954 by the merger of the town of Iiyama with neighboring villages of Akitsu, Tokiwa, Yanagihara, Tozama, Kijima and Zuiho. The villages of Ōta and Okayama were also annexed in 1955. ...
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Connecting Iiyama and 十日町 Tokamachi is now the Highway Nr. 117.

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Tani Kaido 谷街道 Tani Highway
Now Highway 403.
This highway started from 信濃国稲荷山 Shinano province, Inariyama (長野県千曲市 Nagano, Chikuma city) along the river 千曲川 Chikumagawa to the town of Iiyama in Nagano.
The old Inariyama postal station is also situated along the
Shinano Roman Kaido しなの浪漫街道 Romantic Road of Shinano

It started from 稲荷山 Inariyama, crossed 矢代 Yashiro, then along the river Chikumagawa to 中野 Nakano and
飯山 Iiyama, on to the 十日町街道 Tokamachi Kaido.
Inariyama is one of the areas with very much snow in winter. Travelers could go over the 富倉峠 Tomikura Toge pass to Arai 新井宿 to carry salt from 日本海 the Sea of Japan.

Oozasa Kaido 大笹街道 (おおざさかいどう) Ozasa Highway
started at the Hokkoku Nishi Road in 福島宿 Fukushima, passed over 仁礼 Nire (now 須坂市 Suzaka city), crossed the 鳥居峠 Torii Toge pass (1390m) and went on to 嬬恋村大笹 Tsumagoi village, Ozasa.

Nire Kaido 仁礼街道 Nire Highway
was the name Tani Kaido in 群馬県 Gunma prefecture.
Only two stations, from Nire to 沓掛宿 Kutsukake on the Nakasendo.

. Nakasendo 中山道 Nakasendo Highway .

National Route 403 is a national highway of Japan connecting Chūō-ku, Niigata and Matsumoto, Nagano,
with a total length of 352.8 km.

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Tokamachi Kaido 十日町街道 Tokamachi Highway

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Tōkamachi
derives its name from the fact that a market was held every tenth day of the month.
- History
The area of present-day Tōkamachi was part of ancient Echigo Province, and was part of the tenryō territories held directly by then Tokugawa shogunate.
Following the Meiji restoration, was the capital of the newly-formed Nakauonuma District of Niigata Prefecture, and was proclaimed a village on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. It was raised to town status on September 24, 1897.
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Matsunoyama Kaido 松之山街道 Matsunoyama Highway
Also called
Uesugi Gundo 上杉軍道 Army road of Uesugi
Matsunoyama was a town located in Higashi-Kubiki District, Niigata.

A road used by Uesugi Kenshin, passing the old 松代町 Matsushiro town and leading his troups to war in the Kanto area.
The part between 菅刈 Sugakari and 犬伏 Inubuse is well preserved.

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Matsushiro (Matsudai) (Japanese: 松代（まつしろまち）) was a historically important town in 埴科郡 Hanishina District, Nagano.
... Matsushiro was a thriving town as the center of Matsushiro Domain under the Sanada clan during the Edo period of the 17th to 19th centuries. In the Meiji period of the latter half of the 19th century, there was a thriving silk industry there. ...
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. Uesugi Kenshin Kagetora 上杉謙信(景虎) . (1530 - 1578)

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The Matsunoyama Road was constructed by the warlord Uesugi Kenshin (1530-1578) as a military route to march troops to the Kanto region. It went through what was then Matsudaimachi, and links what is now 稲田　Inada in Joetsu City with 塩沢　Shiozawa, in 南上沼　Minami-Uonuma City. As the post station town of Matsudai-juku, the Matsudai region flourished as a transport hub.
Part of the mountain road from 菅刈 Sugakari to 犬伏 Inubuse, up to the 薬師峠　Yakushi Pass, has been selected by the Agency for Cultural Affairs as one of Japan’s Hundred Historical Roads.
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Legends from 十日町市 Tokamachi city 松之山町 Matsunoyama town

- Matsunoyama Hot Spring

On the 15th day of the first lunar month,
people burn the kadomatsu 門松 pine decorations and first calligraphy of the year. They collect the ashes and paint the faces of others with it.
Once this habit was abolished, but soon there was misfortune in the village, fire broke out and mountains slided down the roads.
So they continued the custom and all was well again.
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. jagirimaru 蛇切丸 sword to kill a serpent .
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. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .
Once someone was feared to become ill, because he had killed a snake and was cursed by it.
He painted a snake on a piece of paper and posted it at the door of the local Shinto shrine to be safe.
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Once a small snake was on top of a rock and called out with a very loud voice. Soon there was a great storm, the serpent changed into a dragon and flew to heaven.
The strong wind did not subside for a long time, but then there was a voice from the sky and the storm stopped.
When the villagers went to the mountain later, they found the dead body of a daija 大蛇 huge serpent
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. toshi toku jin, Toshitokujin 歳徳神 Deity of the Year .
According to ancient Asian lore, the new year comes with a new female deity.
She comes on the evening of day 30 of the 12th lunar month. People prepare the special kamidana 神棚 Shelf of the Gods for her.
When the year is over they tear it down and burn it, then built a new one.

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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Legends from the Iiyama Kaido 飯山街道 Iiyama Highway

. itachi いたち weasel .
Once a man was rusuban 留守番 alone taking care of the home, sitting on the veranda, when he heard a strange squeaking noise.
He remembered that weasels are afraid of fire, so he started a small fire and the noise stopped soon after.

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. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .
A young woman who had been raped went up to the mountain to kill herself by jumping into the pond.
Now she became a dragon and the 池の主 Master of the Pond.
If people do mischief at this pond, there will suddenly be waves and thick fog.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

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8/11/2019

saba makerel Wakasa Kaido Highway

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saba kaido 鯖街道 makerel highway
From Obama (Wakasa, Fukui) to Kyoto, 出町柳 Demachiyanagi.
also called　
Wakasa Kaido 若狭街道

Fukui is famous for the
makerel road (saba kaidoo　鯖街道、さばかいどう- saba kaido) transporting fish to Kyoto.
Therefore many simple makerel dishes have been prepared in busy fishing times.
The road leads from the port of Obama at the Bay of Wakasa to Kyoto, about 75 kilometers. The fish was salted and packed in Obama and then carried over night to the city. It was then just rightly marinated and folks waited in line to buy it.
Other routes for transporting saba are also known. Many farmers exchanged their newly harvested rice to get some fish for the autumnal autumn festival and their Saba Sushi.
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Obama was also the endpoint of many ships from Asia trying to reach Japan during its long history. So embassies and their presents for the emperor and aristocrats in Kyoto also travelled along this road, the final step of any "Silk Road" through Asia or via the ocean.

Kutsuki in Takashima City, via Kumagawa-juku in Wakasa town.

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Miketsukuni and Saba-kaido Road: Cultural heritages linking the Japan Sea
to Nara and Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan
The province of Wakasa was situated along the Sea of Japan’s coastline in what is now Fukui Prefecture. It was referred to as miketsukuni (a region that produced food offerings for the Imperial Court) and played an important role in providing foodstuffs such as sea salt,mackerel, and other marine products to the ancient, landlocked capital of Nara and Kyoto. Wakasa's role as a source of supplying the foodstuffs led to the development of a unique culinary culture. The coastal hub of Wakasa also connected the sea trade from China and Korea to the inland trade routes.
Local ports and castle towns sprang up and flourished along this route. Traveling tradesmen brought with them festival customs, entertainments, and Buddhist culture that soon spread far and wide into rural farming areas and fishing villages. This ultimately resulted in distinct cultures and customs evolving in the different villages and hamlets. The ancient thoroughfare is now called the saba-kaido (Mackerel Road) and here visitors can experience nature, eat delicious traditional foods, attend festivals, as well as view traditional houses and roads that hearken back to the earlier days of great prosperity. ...
... Several highways which have been referred to as “Saba-kaido” in recent years connecting Wakasa Province and Kyoto played an important role not only in supplying foodstuffs but also in exchanging various goods, people, and culture. “Saba-kaido” refers to a highway supplying marine products and fish such as mackerel called “saba” in Japanese to the Imperial family and Imperial court in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan. Cultural exchange initiated by the connection with the Imperial Court and the aristocracy in Nara and Kyoto permeated the entire civilian life both in rural farming areas and fishing villages in Wakasa Province through the interaction of people taking these Saba-kaido highways and developed into rich cultural heritages such as old temples and shrines, unique streetscapes, folk cultural assets along Saba-kadio highways of Wakasa region whose rich and diverse cultural aspects can hardly be found elsewhere in Japan.
- Starting point of Saba-kaido Road
... In the early Muromachi Period (1336-1573), early European ships carrying rare animals such as elephants and peacocks landed Obama port for the first time in Japan. It took one month for these rare animals to be delivered to Kyoto through Saba-kaido Road and this long journey to Kyoto is said to have greatly surprised people along the road.
... In the early modern age, Obama Ichiba, or Obama market, was established by Takatsugu Kyogoku,
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Saba Kaido Shiryokan (Mackerel Road Museum)

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Wakasa guji 若狭ぐじ Japanese Tilefish
kind of red seabream (amadai) 甘鯛 amadai
Salted guji has been carried to Kyoto via the Mackerel Road (saba kaidoo) together with mackerels. In the Bay of Wakasa, cold and warm currents meet and is is a rough terrain for fish, so they are fatty.

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Kurihan Kaido 九里半街道 Kurihan Highway
Connecting 今津 Imazu in 近江国 Omi on the West side of 琵琶湖 Lake Biwako with 若狭国小浜 Obama in Wakasa, Fukui.
The distance between these tow towns was just nin Ri 九里 and a half 半i, hence the name. One Ri is about 4 m.

- Places along the Kurihan Highway
From 今津 Imazu along the river 石田川 Ishidagawa
Hozaka village 保坂村
crossing the pass Misaka 水坂峠
into 若狭国 Wakasa no Kuni
Sakai 境
Kumagawa 熊川
along the river Kitagawa 北川
to 小浜 Obama

For the land transport of goods from the harbour of Wakasa to 琵琶湖 Lake Biwako.
From Lake Biwako the transport continued by ship to the harbour of 大津湊 Otsu and then to Kyoto.
The road was also used to transport lumber for the construction of Fushimi Castle.

The traders on the road were called
若狭通商 Traders from Wakasa
小幡(おばた)商人 Traders from Obata
高島南市(たかしまみなみいち)商人 Traders from Takashima Minamimachi

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. Omi Kaido　近江街道 / Omi no Kaido 近江の街道 .

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Ōmi Province (近江国, Ōmi no kuni, Omi no Kuni)
is an old province of Japan, which today comprises Shiga Prefecture.It was one of the provinces that made up the Tōsandō circuit. Its nickname is Gōshū (江州).
Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake, is located at the center of the province. "Ōmi" came from awaumi or "fresh-water sea" and the kanji of "Ōmi" (近江) means "an inlet near the capital" (See also Tōtōmi Province).
The ancient capital was near Ōtsu, which was also a major castle town. In north of Otsu, one of the most important monastery Enryaku-ji is located on Mount Hiei.
- History
... Hōjō Tokimasa, the first shikken of the Kamakura shogunate, was made daimyō of Ōmi Province in the 10th month of Shōji 2 (1200).
During the Sengoku period, the northern part of the province was the fief of Ishida Mitsunari, Tokugawa Ieyasu's opponent at the Battle of Sekigahara, although he spent most of his time in Osaka Castle administering the fief of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's young son. After Ishida's defeat, Tokugawa granted the fief to his allies, the Ii clan, who built the castle and town of Hikone from the ruins of Sawayama.

- - - - - Historical districts in Shiga Prefecture
Azai District (浅井郡)
- Higashiazai District (東浅井郡)
- Nishiazai District (西浅井郡)
Echi District (愛知郡)
Gamō District (蒲生郡)
Ika District (伊香郡)
Inukami District (犬上郡)
Kanzaki District (神崎郡)
Kōka District (甲賀郡)
Kurita District (栗太郡)
Sakata District (坂田郡)
Shiga District (滋賀郡)
Takashima District (高島郡)
Yasu District (野洲郡) –
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Wakasa Province (若狭国, Wakasa-no-kuni) Wakasa no Kuni
was a province of Japan in the area that is today the southwestern portion of Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Wakasa bordered on Echizen, Ōmi, Tanba, Tango, and Yamashiro Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō Circuit. Its abbreviated form name was Jakushū (若州). Under the Engishiki classification system, Wakasa was ranked as a "medium country" (中国) and a near country (近国) in terms of its importance and distance from the capital.
- History - Ancient and classical Wakasa
Wakasa existed as a political entity before the Ritsuryō system and the implementation of the Taihō Code of the Nara period. Wooden shipping tags labelled "Wakasa" have been found in the ruins of Fujiwara-kyō. Per the Nihon Shoki, ancient Wakasa was governed by a Kuni no miyatsuko, who was a descendant of Amenohiboko, a semi-legendary prince of Shilla, who settled in Tajima province during the reign of Emperor Suinin. There are archaeological indications that Wakasa was under control of the Yamato state from the mid-4th century. The province of Wakasa was formally established with the creation of the Ritsuryō provincial system around 701 AD, and initially consisted of the two districts of Onyū and Mikata. In 825 AD, Ōi was separated from Onyū.
During the Nara and Heian periods,
Wakasa was an important source of sea products (salt, fish and konbu) to the aristocracy of the capital, so much so that the province was nicknamed Miketsu Province (御食国, Miketsu-no-kuni). Salt production was especially and important industry. Wakasa was also a strategically important province due to its seaport on the Sea of Japan and was the closest ocean harbour to Kyoto .
The exact location of the provincial capital of Wakasa is unknown, but is believed to have been in what is now the city of Obama. The Wakasa Kokubun-ji and the ichinomiya of Wakasa, the Wakasahiko Shrine are also located in Obama.
- Medieval and pre-modern Wakasa
- Meiji period and beyond
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. 近江商人土人形 clay dolls from tradesmen of Omi .

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鯖街道外れしところに花の闇
saba kaidoo hazureshi tokoro ni hana no yami

a bit off
from the makerel highway
darkness under cherry blossoms

小泉八重子 Koizumi Yaeko

鯖街道旅の土産にふぐの鰭
saba kaidoo tabi no miyage ni fugu no hire

makerel road
as a present I get
fins of blowfish

長野敏子 Nagano Toshiko

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鯖街道行けば雪に火の椿橋本榮治
鯖街道すこし外れて梅真白皿井芳子
鯖街道廃家茎石のみ遺す久保武
鯖街道旅の土産にふぐの鰭長野敏子
鯖街道朴散つてその北さびし岡田貞峰

狐火や鯖街道は京を指す加藤三七子
足音も鯖街道の夜長かな榎本好宏

がうがうと鯖街道の雪解川石田野武男
このあたり鯖街道や冬構小島みつ代
へしこ焼く鯖街道や虎落笛玉木芳子
手花火は鯖街道を照らすなり大峯あきら
秋しぐれ鯖街道をひた濡らす木下ふみ子
高稲架に鯖街道のうち晴るる西村和子

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Miyagi Kaido highways

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Miyagi Prefecture and Kaido Highway Legends

. Kaido 街道と伝説 Legends about the old Kaido highways .

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みやぎ県南浜街道（宮城県) Miyagi Kennan Hamakaido
Kaido along the coast in South Miyagi
- reference source : japanecotrack.net... -

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宮城県の旧街道と宿場町名 Postal stations along the old Kaido in Miyagi
- reference source : uraken.net/chimei... -

. Miyagi Hama Kaido 浜街道 coastal road .

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......................................................................................... Aramakiyama Kaido 荒巻山街道

. Aramaki no Monju 荒巻の文殊 Aramaki no Monju Bosatsu .

......................................................................................... Azuma Kaido 東街街道 "Eastern Highway"

仙台周辺の古道 Old Roads around Sendai
The Azuma Kaido was built in 719 along the coast, from Sendai to 常陸 Hitachi. It was 官道 an official road for government officials. But it was abolished in 811 according to the Nihon Goki redords 日本後紀.
In 1189, 源頼朝 Minamoto no Yoritomo used it again, bringing his army to 奥州 Oshu, also used by 千葉常胤 Chiba Tsunetane (1118 - 1201).
- reference and photos : sendai-oldlocal-histry-takakura-kiyosi... -

Not to mix with the 海 "Eastern Coastal Road"
. Tokaido 東海道 Tōkaidō .

kitsune 狐 fox
In 仙台市　Sendai there lived a foot soldier called 勝又弥左衛門 Katsumata Yazaemon. He was famous for catching foxes.
Once he was at the foot of 榴ヶ岡 Tsutsujigaoka along the Azuma Kaido. There lived anold fox who took the chicken from farmers and played tricks to travelers.
On orders from the local government Yazaemon had to kill this fox.
Yazaemon was in mourning for his late father (and there fore should not do this), but the governor came many times. Yozaemon consulted with his friend, a priest who told him he should not kill during the 49 daya after this father's death.
The priest then took him out for a drink and ate quite a lot, much more than usual. Yazaemon found this suspicious, went outside and placed a trap near the door.
When the priest went home, he got caught in the trap.
The fox/priest had tried to out-do a human, but was caught none the less.

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .

......................................................................................... Hippo Kaido 筆甫街道
伊具郡丸森町 Hippo Marumori, Igu District, Miyagi / ひっぽ村 Hippo village

bateiseki 馬蹄石 stone with imprints of a horse hoof
When Jigaku Daishi rode along the Hippo Kaido toward 不動滝 the Fudo Waterfall he rode on a white horse and jumped over the river.
Water collecting in the imprint of the hooves is said to heal illness of the eyes.

- reference source and more photos: zuiunzi.net/igu... -

. Ennin -　Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 / 慈覺大師 (794 – 864) .

. 駒場滝不動尊 Komabataki Waterfall and Fudo Myo-O .
- Temple 愛敬院 Aikyo-In / 宮城県伊具郡丸森町字不動 / Kamidakinishi, Marumori, Igu District, Miyagi

. hakuba 白馬と伝説 Legends about a white horse .

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Marumori no Tateishi 丸森の立石 "Standing Rock" of Marumori

About 2 km South-East of the center of Marumori town.
The rock is about 12,5 m high and has a diameter of 25 m. Legend knows that 安倍貞任 Abe no Sadato (1019 – 1062) stood on this rock.
There are also many earthware relics from the 弥生 Yayoi period.
This rock can be seen from the Hippo Highway all the way up to the waterfall.

......................................................................................... Ishinomaki Kaido 石巻街道
From Sendai castle to Ishinomaki city.
It was not used for Sankin Kotai, but for the transportation of goods.

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Rifu 利府
Matsushima 松島

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Ishinomaki (石巻市, Ishinomaki-shi)
- History
The area of present-day Ishinomaki was part of ancient Mutsu Province. During the Sengoku period, the area was contested by various samurai clans before the area came under the control of the Date clan of Sendai Domain during the Edo period. The town prospered as a major port and transshipment center for coastal shipping between Edo and northern Japan. The town of Ishinomaki was established within Oshika District on June 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

Matsuo Basho, Oku no Hosomichi
. - - - Station 22 - Ishinomaki 石の巻 Ishi-no-Maki - - - .

........................................................................................ Iwadeyama Kaido 岩出山街道

Iwadeyama is a town located in Tamatsukuri District,
On March 31, 2006, Iwadeyama, along with the city of Furukawa, the town of Naruko (also from Tamatsukuri District), the towns of Kashimadai, Matsuyama and Sanbongi (all from Shida District), and the town of Tajiri (from Tōda District), was merged to create the city of Ōsaki. Tamatsukuri District and Shida District
天正19年（1591年） - 伊達政宗が米沢城から本拠を移し、地名を岩手沢から岩出山に改める。
慶長8年（1603年） - 政宗が仙台城へ移ると、政宗の四男・宗泰が岩出山城主となり、以後幕末に至るまで宗泰の家系が岩出山を治める（岩出山伊達氏）。
- wikipedia

新八明神 Deity Shinpachi Myojin
Shinpachi was the second son of a farmer working for the Samurai 白石運三郎 Shiroishi Unsaburo. He worked diligently.
The wife of his older brother was quite a villain and was bad to her stepfather.
Around 1815, his sister-in-law prepared 大師講の団子 dumplings for the Daishi rituals and put some needles in them.
When Shinpachi offered a dumpling to his father, the needle stuck out. The sister-in-law went to the daikan 代官 assistant deputy governor and accused Shinpachi for having tried to kill his father. Shinpachi tried to cover for his sister-in-law, did not tell the truth and was executed as punishment.
Before he died he said: "If my head falls to the north when cut off, I am innocent and will curse you!"
Soon after that the family of Shinpachi fell into ruin.
The villagers erected a memorial stone for him along the Iwadeyama Highway near the river 花川 Hanakawa with the inscription "Shinpachi Myojin".

陸奥上街道 Mutsu Kami-Kaido
One of the 奥州街道 Oshu Kaido Highways.

Connecting 岩手県 Iwate prefecture
Ichinoseki 一関
with 宮城県 Miyagi prefecture
Kurikoma 栗駒 (栗原市 Kurihara city)
Masaka 真坂
Iwadeyama 岩出山（大崎市 Osaki city）

. 松尾芭蕉 Matsuo Basho visiting Iwadeyama .

......................................................................................... Kakuda Kaido 角田街道
角田市 Kakuda city - in southeastern Miyagi. The Abukuma River flows through the city.
亘理町 Watari
The area of present-day Watari was part of ancient Mutsu Province, and the place name of “Watari” appears in the Shoku Nihongi chronicles dated 718 AD.
It was part of the holdings of Sendai Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate.

. kataha no ashi, kataba no ashi 片葉の芦 One-sided Reed .
and the legend of Kamakura Kagemasa 鎌倉景正.

Miyagi Otogi Kaido 宮城おとぎ街道 Fairy Tale Highway
宮城県の新観光街道
みちのくおとぎ街道 / ガッタリ花街道 / 宮城おとぎ街道 / 角田市
- reference source : tatu05060506.webcrow.jp... -

みちのくおとぎ街道 Michinoku Otogi Kaido
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......................................................................................... Kawasaki Kaido 川崎街道

- reference source : town.kawasaki.miyagi... -
- - - - - things to see on the way :
01 川崎城址 Kawasaki castle remains
02 圓長山円福寺 Enpukuji
03 滝前不動のフジ Takimaefudo no fuji
04 笹谷街道の松並木 Sasaya Kaido - see below
05 逆銀杏 upside-down Gingko tree
06 青根御殿 Aone hot spring
07 野鳥の森自然公園 Nojima park
08 古賀政男歌碑 Koga Masao memorial stone

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柴田郡 Shibata district 村田町 Murata town

hisamesaka 火雨坂 / ヒサメサカ the slope Hisamesaka "rain like fire"
This slope is on the Kawasaki Kaido.
Once upon a time rain like fire came falling from the sky. It made many small holes into the rocks on the slope.
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onibaba 鬼婆 demon hag
To the West of 秋保温泉 the hot spring in 安達ヶ原 Adachigahara near 長袋 Nagafukuro hamlet there is a rock called 鬼婆の窯岩 "the Kiln Rock of the Mountain Hag".
This is the place where 平兼盛 Taira no Kanemori (? - 991) wrote the poem:
みちのくの安達ヶ原の黒塚 Michinoku no Adachigahara no kurozuka - the Black Mound

. 安達が原の鬼女伝説 Legend of the Demon Hag of Adachigahara .
and Matsuo Basho visiting there on his Oku no Hosomichi.

. onibaba 鬼婆 demon hag from Kawasaki .

......................................................................................... Kiso Kaido 木曾街道 / 木曽街道

仙台市 Sendai city 青葉区 Aoba
- Kiso Kaido is another name for the
. Nakasendo 中山道 Nakasendo Highway .

munewari Amida 胸割り阿弥陀 Amida with a cut breast
Once upon a time
A priest from the temple 充国寺 Jukoku-Ji in Sendai, Aoba was on his way back from Kyoto along the Kiso Highway. Suddenly a robber attacked him, but a tree at the roadside fell down and killed the robber. The priest could not forget the piercing look of hatred of the man. When he was back at his temple, a baby had been born to a family of his parish and he went there for a blessing. He picked up the baby and when he looked at his face, it had exactly the expression of the robber on the highway. The priest was so afraid, he killed the baby.
Therefore he was to be executed and take to 七北田刑場 the execution ground in Nanakita. When the executioners came to pick him up, all the 小僧 little temple acolytes cried as they sent him off. They went back to the main hall . . . as there was a lound sound of something crashing.
The statue of Amida had a cut right through the breast !

source : legend.main.jp/50-aobaku-008-munewariamida...
They sent the statue back to Kyoto to have it repaired, but when it was brought back the breast was cut again.
The statue could not be repaired and so it remained cut.

七北田刑場 the execution ground in Nanakita

- - - - - There is another story about Amida no munewari 阿弥陀胸割
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Amida’s Riven Breast
R. Keller Kimbrough
Amida's Riven Breast (Amida no munewari) is classified as a ko-jōruri shōhon, but is also known to have been performed as sekkyō by Tenma Hachidayū and to be thematically consistent with the sekkyō of its time. This Buddhist tale is divided into six acts, the third act of which contains a battle scene. In Amida no munewari, the siblings Teirei and Tenju lose their parents at the ages of five and seven. Then when the brother Teirei is ten years old, he proposes to his elder sister that they sell themselves as slaves to a rich man. Tenju is eventually saved by her Buddhist devotion.
The story emphasizes the necessity of dan haramitsu practice of engaging religious professionals.
- reference source : columbia.university pressscholarship.com... -

......................................................................................... Oshu Kaido 奥州街道
柴田町 Shibata town - A postal station along the Oshu Highway.

. koromo no seki 衣ノ関 the gate of the robe (of Ono no Komachi) .

......................................................................................... Sasaya Kaido 笹谷街道
柴田郡 Shibata district 川崎町 Kawasaki town

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10 六地蔵八丁平には鶏亀地蔵のほか、法印・地持・宝性・法性・陀羅尼の各地蔵が、遭難者の慰霊と道しるべとして、約80ｍおきにある。

kesagake Jizoo 袈裟掛地蔵 Jizo with a priests Kesa robe
Along the Sasaya Highway at the entry to Sasaya town there was 大入道 a large Nyudo monster coming out at night frightening the people.
The famous Samurai 三尺左五平 Sanshaku Sagohei from Sendai fought with him one night and cut his Kesa.
When they looked next morning, the Kesa of the Jizo statue was cut.

. Oonyuudoo 大入道 The O-Nyudo Monster .
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yamabushi 山伏 mountain priest
Once upon a time
on the Northern side of the river 名取川 Natorigawa, threr was a large enoki 大榎 nettle tree in the middle of the fields along the Sasaya Highway. It was a hinderance for the farmers and they decided to cut it down. But the next morning the site of the cut was healed and the tree back.
One day a huge Yamabushi came along, pulled the nettle tree out and carried it away.
Since then the field is called
一木田 "field with one tree" or 人来田 Hitokita.

......................................................................................... Sekiyama Kaido 関山街道
connecting 宮城県仙台市 Sendai, Miyagi and 山形県東根市 Higashine city in Yamagata
- reference source : sendai-oldlocal-histry... -

関山街道を宮城側では「関山越最上街道」called Sekiyama Kaido in Miyagi、
山形側では「仙台街道」called Sendai Kaido in Yamagata.
- source and more photos : my-michi.com... -

niwatoribashi 鶏橋 "rooster bridge"
A bridge over a gorge along the Sekiyama Kaido.
Every night a rooster came to sit on the rail and called out.
The bird came from the Osaki Hachiman Shrine, where it has taken life from a painting on an ema 絵馬 votive tablet.
They bound the votive tablet with metal ropes. But soon after that there was a great flooding, deatroying homes and killing people.
The bridge was now called "rooster bridge".

. 大崎八幡宮 Osaki Hachiman Shrine .

Dewa Sendai Kaido 出羽仙台街道
from Sendai to Sakata in Yamagata / Nakayamagoe　中山越 and 尿前 Shitomae
Also called
Dewa Kaido 出羽街道
From Miyagi 宮城県 to Yamagata 山形県.
Passing
吉岡 Yoshioka/中新田 Naka-Niida/岩出山 Iwadeyama/尿前 Shitomae/鍛冶 Kaji/谷沢 Tanizawa/川渡 Kawatabi/東鳴子 Higashi-Naruko/鳴子 Naruko/中山平 Nakayamadaira/堺田 Sakaida/赤倉 Akakura/最上 Mogami
猿沢宿 Sarusawa Station　(新潟県朝日村　Niigata Asahi village)

Kita Uzen Kaido 北羽前街道 Northern Uzen Highway

. Shitomae no Seki 尿前の関 Barrier of Shitomae .
奥の細道 Oku no Hosomichi, Matsuo Basho and the Dewagoe 出羽越え crossing over to Dewa

. Ugo Kaido 羽後街道 Ugo Highway .
. Onikobe Kaido 鬼首街道 Onikobe Highway - "Demon Head Highway" .

......................................................................................... Shiogama Kaido 塩釜街道
. Shiogama Kaido 塩釜街道 Shiogama Highway .

from Shiogama to Tagajo / 多賀城市 Tagajo city 市川 Ichikawa and on to Sendai.

ekibyoo 疫病 epidemic disease
tsubo no ishibumi at Tateishi 壷の碑を立石
Along the Shiogama Highway on the Western side of the remains of Tagajo castle there is a stone memorial that has fallen down, called
fuseishi, fuse ishi 伏せ石. People tried to erect it again, but usually it falls down soon and an epidemic will start.

".. it was nothing short of a miracle that this monument alone had survived the battering of a thousand years to be the living memory of the ancients."
. Matsuo Basho and Tsubo no Ishibumi .

......................................................................................... Shizugawa Kaido 志津川街道
本吉郡 Motoyoshi district 南三陸町 Minami-Sanriku town 五駄鱈 Gondatara
宮城県気仙沼市赤岩五駄鱈 Sendai Akaiwa Godantara
志津川町 Shizugawa-chō was a town located in Motoyoshi District, Miyagi.
On October 1, 2005, Shizugawa, along with the town of Utatsu (also from Motoyoshi District) was united to create the town of Minamisanriku,

source : env.go.jp/water/heisa...
- 志津川湾 map of Shizugsawa bay

gondara 五駄鱈 / ゴンダラ Gondara (Gondatara)
Once upon a time
in the town of 折立 Oritate along the Shizugawa High way near a small river there was the estate of a rich man. He had a beautiful daughter and many young men came to see her.
But the daughter became haggard and when they asked her nanny they found out what happened.
One evening they stuck a needle in the seam of her sleeve and then the family checked next morning they found blood stains leading to the small river. The river was bloody until its estuary and there lay a huge tara 鱈 cod fish. They needed goda 五駄 five horse loads to carry it and called this amazing fish
五駄鱈(ゴンダラ) Gondara.
The daughter threw herself into the river to kill herself and the river was called
dokugawa 毒川 poisonous river.
Since then the cod never came up the small river, but could be caught early in the neighbourhood of Oritate

......................................................................................... Toho Kaido 東方街道 Higashikata Kaido
白井市 Shiroi city 新館町 Shindate cho town - 東方 Higashikata

wazawai o nasu tochi 禍をなす土地 a plot of land that brings disaster
Along the Toho Kaido on the border between Shiroishi city and 大平村 Taihei village there was a plot of farmland called nanchi 難地(ナンチ) "difficult land".
The former owner of this land had a lot of misfortune in his family and finally died of illness. After his death the family became very poor
During 天保飢饉 the great famine of Tenpo (1833 - 1837) the land was used to bury the dead.

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宮城県 Miyagi 気仙沼市 Kesennuma

. 儀八郎 Gihachiro and the monster cat .

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