永代人馬施行所

It seems that the spirit of Ossan stands at the old Wada Pass at midnight. Even if it goes through, it seems that it will get in the car without permission. Even if you find it, it will disappear if you yell "Disappear!".

A rest facility in the middle of Wada Pass, which is a difficult place on Nakasendo.

It's a story that seems to be an old man's spirit, but I saw it on the Suwa side with a tunnel. Work clothes on the wide area on the right side of the tunnel? I was there. I think it's a spirit that feels like I'm not doing anything wrong.

In the past, there were five teahouses on the Wada Pass, Karasawa, Nishimochi Chaya, Higashimochi Chaya, Toyohashi, and Ochiai, which served as resting places for travelers. A permanent human horse enforcement office was set up under entertainment. Since it is a Nakasendo road governed by the Shogunate, there was a facility that combined such travel assistance and public welfare. It means that crossing the Wada Pass was a tough and dangerous trip in the mountains. About 800 meters from the site of Higashi Mochi Chaya, you will reach Ichirizuka in Hirohara. There is a mound (a mound of earthen mound) about 10 meters across the small diameter. It's a relief to see such a human-made structure in the forest. If you go about 2 kilometers further, you will meet the meandering Route 142. The other side of the national highway is entertaining, and there is a memorial to Constable Kondo visually, and below that is the Eidai Hitoma Enforcement Office. This facility provided porridge and bonfire to warm the travelers over the winter pass, and provided cows and horses with a small tub of boiled barley all year round, using a thousand cars donated by a wealthy Edo merchant to the shogunate. By the way, a stone-edged swamp or a small-diameter remains is left beside the policeman's line of duty memorial monument beside the thatched-roof house. For me, the slope is steep, so I think it's a road trace that was covered with stone. In front of the Eiyojinma Enforcement Office (south side), there is a plaza that doubles as a parking lot. People who come by car can also visit the nearby historic sites and buildings here. In the west corner of the square, there is a large red pine tree, and below that is Shimizu (a water-drawing facility). The quality of this fresh water is well known to the people in the area, and people in the area carry pet pots and plastic tanks to fetch water. When I asked an old couple who was fetching water, they said that they couldn't stop using soft water for tea, coffee, and cooking, even though it was in the deep mountains. In their view, the low mineral content may be due to the fact that the water veins mainly pass through igneous rocks such as obsidian.

I happened to pass by and found it if I just wanted to take a break from the departure. A historic building. I had a good break. When I checked it now, it was used until the early Meiji era. I want to go again.

The "Eternal Adult Horse Enforcement Office" in the middle of the old road of Route 142 seems to be a place that provided porridge and bonfire to travelers during the winter and a tub full of boiled barley to cows and horses until 1897. is. It is said to be on the course of the Central Divide Trail, so trekking people can drink spring water. Also, the old road of Route 142 is suitable for motorcycle touring, although it is a short distance.

Former Nakasendo's biggest difficulty "Wada Pass", and there is still a "water gathering place" that springs up, and it has been a traveler's throat for a long time. A house called "Eidai Human Horse Enforcement Office" is reproduced right next to it. It's a place where you can entertain a traveling horse for free with a "cookhouse" and sometimes "meals" and "accommodation". It seems that "bandits" may appear in remote mountains, and since it was dangerous to cross the pass after it got dark, it served as a waiting place until it became bright. You can park your car in this plaza and take a walk through the old Wada Pass, but please do "bear protection" and "bee protection" before entering the mountain path. eh. Me? I gave up without giving up on the "bee" flying around. The mountain path is never steep......... I feel that the water at the “water gathering place” is colder than the “Black Wednesday water” that springs up near the toll booth at the “Shinwada Tunnel”.