Matsuchi Tobikoe Ishi

Wanye people の footprint

Original Text

About 15 minutes walk from JR Sumida Station. Get out of the station and go to the right. When you go up the slope surrounded by trees 々, there is a sign to the stone, so it is easy to understand. When you go down the stairs, there is the Ochiai gawa River flowing through the border between Wakayama and Nara, and water flows between two stones. It's a place that doesn't matter, but there is a deep feeling considering that people 々 jumped over this stone more than 1000 years ago and was sung in Manyoshu. In addition, Fei ...

and cross the prefectural border

Original Text

The Manyo Kodo and Jumping Stones allow you to cross a 50-centimeter-wide stream between the stones and the stones on the Ochiai River and pass through the prefectural border between Wakayama and Nara. It was a 5-minute walk from the parking lot, and there was also a "Tobikoe Rest Area" on the way, which was a beautifully maintained tourist attraction. You can take a commemorative photo using a signboard at the rest area.

"Dawa Country" と "Ji Yi Country" の Country

Original Text

"Shindo" is a small mountain with an altitude of about 100m on the prefectural border between Nara and Wakayama prefectures, and since ancient times, the "Ochiai River" that flows through here has been regarded as the border between "Kii province" and "Yamato province". At that time, there was no technology to build a big bridge, so travelers had to find a place where the river was narrow and could be crossed on foot or by horse to cross the river. In that respect, in this "Shindo", large rocks stretch out on both banks of the river, and at a time when the amount of water is small, ...