The burial grounds of the Kashiwade Clan, who ruled over Wakasa at one time, run along the Kita River. The name of nearby Mt. Zenbu, which shares the same Kanji character as Kashiwade, was said to derive from the clan. The Wakasa Kaido highway that Kumagawa-juku is built next to is also surrounded by the burial mound. You can see evidence around the grounds that hints at connections with Korea and other nations at this time. Since Wakasa has long-standing ties with foreign countries and inherited some of these cultural customs, it also made it easier for them to accept the new Buddhist religion that flowed in from the capital.

Wakasa Kaido, which runs along the main Saba Kaido highway between Kyoto and Wakasa, became even more popular after Kumagawa-juku was built. However, the road leading to the capital from ancient times was called the Harihata-koe route, which led from Wakasa-hime Shrine to Wakasa-hiko Shrine, Jingu-ji Temple, Unose, and then over a mountain pass. The Onyu area sits at the junction of the Wakasa Kaido and the Harihata Koe Route. Provincial offices, provincial temples, the Onyu Market, and Wakasa-hime Shrine all lined this route. Until Kumagawa-juku was built, the Onyu Market was the center of trade, and the two areas actually bear a lot of similarities. We’d love for you to compare the two spaces and tell us what you think.

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