Kagotateba palanquin sites are slightly spacious areas where palanquins would stop to change the bearers, and there are two places to do this along Yakiyama-goe.

Who rode in the palanquins? Pilgrims without the strength to make the journey, those of high status, those of the Edo Shogunate dispatched to survey the land for political purposes, and so on. It was said that they’d rest at the Kagotateba when passing through. It cost money to ride in the palanquin, and those who couldn’t walk the route on their own had to pay a fee many times more expensive than their lodging fee to ride it. Although the palanquin bearers chose this job, it must’ve been very difficult to do. It’s said that the Kagotateba palanquin sites also had drinkable, running water and even tea houses to rest at.