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The many routes to Kyoto from Wakasa have respectively the original name, but it came to call these roads "saba-kaido" generically, because the mackerel(called "saba" in japan) is especially paid to attention in carried goods at recent years, and it became famous. The most actively used road is called "wakasa-kaido", this road is the course to Demachi-yanagi in Kyoto, gets out from Ohara, and passes Kutsuki in Takashima City, via Kumagawa-juku in wakasa town, by Obama City in the starting point.
There are a lot of another route, the Pass road in the shortest way to Kyoto:"Harihata-goe", the important road connected with West Omi Area: "Kirihan-goe", the route to Kyoto passed Natasho in ooi town from Obama city:"Syuzan-kaido", the couse to Makino town in Takashima city from Shinjo in Wakasa town:"Kurikara-goe", also became known as the 'Saba Kaido', the road by which goods traveled over the mountains between Wakasa (on the Sea of Japan coast) and the capital in Kyoto, on account of its use in transporting fish including mackerel (saba) to the capital.
The "Wakasa Kaido" and "Kurihan-goe", both route passes through Kumagawa-Juku which retains a traditional street lined with Edo Period buildings in various styles.
The mackerel carried from the wakasa became a just good timing for eat when attaching to the capital in Kyoto, also it keeps in the gastronomic culture in Kyoto continuously now.
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It arrives at "kumagawa-Juku" that is the stage in which it boasted of the prosperity of the the greatest on the route in the past, diverges from the Tango road near Miyake in the wakasa town, and advancing on the road according to Kitagawa. There were the barrier and the magistrate place here as relay point of the cargo shipment in the early modern age, and the shop, the inn, the wholesale store, and the luggage warehouse stood side by side. It leaves here, and it goes to the south from there to the capital Kyoto along the road when diverging from kurihan-goe (pilgrimage road) in Hosaka's village after the misaka pass that is the rapid ascent is exceeded, and entering the Kutsuki valley.
On the way, it seems "Right wakasa road, left zaigo road" that made of natural stone and the carved guidepost had set it up before, around to meeting of Kitagawa that has effused from the kiji mountain and the road that has been trodden, about 100 meters downstream have been discovered after the typhoon.The road will enter the village in Kutsuki there soon.
There were the branch family of Mr. Sasaki (Will rename it to Mr. Kutsuki before long) who was the descendant of the genji who lived in Omi district governed. Mr. Kutsuki entered in Kamakura Period to Kutsuki-village, and The Kutsuki-village had been being governed for about 600 years by a single lord to Meiji Restoration. The market has developed as a bourg. It is told that the Enmando temple site in the Shimo-ichiba is a place that took a rest when Oda Nobunaga who failed in the Asakura attack reaches Kutsuki at the Genki period first year.
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Because the road from Obama to Takashima City Imazu was a route that exceeded the Misaka pass, and had the about 9.5-ri (about 40km) distances, it was called "kurihan-goe" or "Kurihan-Kaido". Because the name of this road seems to be established of the alias in the Omi district chiefly. As a result, unloaded marine products and a lot of goods were treated in the port in Obama, and business that merchant Omi is active can be guessed.
(Describe to "Hiyoshi Shinto shrine document" of Shiga Prefecture Yokaichi City imahori.
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This pilgrimage is assumed the start at the latter term of the Heian era, and indicates the pilgrimage (From Kumano-Nachi mountain Seitogan Temple to Mino-Kokukyu mountain Kegon Temple) in the goddess of mercy sacred place of the west country 33 places though can see "Junrei-michi「志由ん連以道」or「じゆんれいみち」" and the carved guidepost in the route of Tango-Kaido from Takahama to Wakasa town Hikasa, or Wakasa-Kaido.
The pilgrimage road means the road where it faces Omi country chikubushima Hougen temple from Tango country Matsu-no-o temple in the region from the wakasa to Kosai via Tango-Kaido and Kurihan-Kaido
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Kumagawa is known as a town where a lot of very cultural elements exist, and a place with the barrier in the route to face Omi and Kyoto from Wakasa, and the castle of Mr. Numata who was the family of the Muromachi Shogunate was built, a place where Yusai Hosokawa and Syoyu Satomura stayed at Warring States Period. Real development of Kumagawa starts from the issue of Asano Chokichi(Nagamasa) of the permit of various post exemption to Tensyo period the 17th year (1589), the gathering of the merchant in the strategic location in the street, doing city planning, and coming in the relay ground such as goods that rise in the Obama port.Therefore, Kmagawa-Juku showed the bustle as the transportation worker in the horse and people came and went actively in the wholesale store as a relay point. It is said that 200,000Box(600,000 straw bags) rice and fertilizers, etc. passed according to "Kumagawa-village magazine".
Now the national road passes to outside the village at Kumagawa. However, a lot of traditional buildings such as merchants and storehouses of the paint wall are preserved in the old street area, and the bustle at that time is told today.
[Offer of sentences: Fukui prefectural wakasa historical folklore data pavilion issue:"the culture of the capital and the Saba-kaido"]
There were the branch family of Mr. Sasaki (Will rename it to Mr. Kutsuki before long) who was the descendant of the genji who lived in Omi district governed. Mr. Kutsuki entered in Kamakura Period to Kutsuki-village, and The Kutsuki-village had been being governed for about 600 years by a single lord to Meiji Restoration. From this reason the Kutsuki-Syuku has developed as a bourg. Afterwards, it comes to be maintained as a formation shop town, and places of the intentional winding that is called key tune (Kai-Magari) how many are made on the street in the stage. Moreover, the millrace that was called Kawato (daily life water place) was arranged to the side of the street, the convenience of life was aimed at, and securing the waterproof rainwater was attempted.
