Nowadays, there is a guidepost every 100 meters as you walk along the path. However, during the Edo Period, stone guideposts stood only at the intersections. It wasn’t unusual for people to get lost.

According to old records, if there were people who got injured or sick on the road, the custom was that the local people would pay to transport the traveler to the next village. Such a process would repeat from village to village until they made it back to their hometown.

Even during famines, the local people still followed this custom.

If the person were to unfortunately pass away before returning to their home, the local people buried them based on the local customs. This process was also written on the travel pass every traveler carried when setting off on the road, which acted as a sort of identification.