Asaina Sunken Road

Peaceful, Not Crowded and Pretty Stroll

Very pretty and despite still being close to the town, it had a feeling of being out in the woods. We walked there, it was about an hour walk from where we lived, but an easy walk. The trail itself is...

atmospheric ancient pass

Asaina Pass is one of the seven ancient Kiridoshi, or man-made passes through the hills into Kamakura. This one was built 900 years ago to give access to a coastal port, to bring supplies into the cit...

An old road where you can feel the atmosphere of the Kamakura period

Original Text

One of the seven exits of Kamakura (Kamakura Nanakiri-dori). Among them, it was not developed and it is the road that left the remnants of the old road best. I think the length of the road that feels the old atmosphere is also the longest. It was an important transportation route to carry salt made in Rokuura and supplies from the port to ​ Kamakura. I feel that the road is wider than other kiritori, and many loads have been carried. Because it is dug, it is a channel where water flows, and water is accumulating and flowing, so it is a shoe ...

It is read as' Asahi Nakiri and Oshi. '

Original Text

Kamakura is surrounded by mountains, but it is one of the "Kamakura Shichikiritsushi". It is a cut (slope) that retains the appearance of the time along with "Nagoshi Kiritsushi". It may be a place where people who really like Kamakura come. It is said that Kamakura was economically prosperous because of the road made by Yasutoki Hojo, and this road was carried salt through Kanazawa, Yokohama City today. Nearby is a spring water called "Kajiwara Tachi Washing Water" that washed the sword when Kazusa no Suke Hirotsune killed Kazusa no Suke.

Both Asahina and Asana read "Asana" and are the same Kiritoshi in the back zashiki of Kamakura.

Original Text

It is a cut-off that is counted as one of the seven Kamakura exits. It leads from a quiet area called Jujusho at the eastern end of Kamakura City to Rokuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama City, and was an important base as a logistics aorta that supports the town of Kamakura during the Kamakura period. It is said that the construction of the Rokuura Road was carried out under the command of Yasutoki Hojo about 800 years ago, but from the legend that a person named Nasaburo Asai made this cut overnight. It is sometimes written as Asaina. Asahina is also read as Asahi ...