Kagosaka Pass - Kagosaka Pass

Japanese: 籠坂峠 - かごさかとうげ

A pass on the border between Yamanakako Village, Yamanashi Prefecture and Oyama Town, Shizuoka Prefecture. It is 1,104m above sea level. It has long been a key transportation point connecting the Kofu Basin and the Tokai region, and in the Middle Ages, the Kamakura Highway passed through it, transporting salt and fish from Numazu and timber from Kai. In the early modern period, its importance diminished with the opening of water transportation on the Fuji River, but in the Gunnai region, daily necessities were also transported over the pass, and from the end of the Meiji period to the early Showa period, horse-drawn carriages and trolleys ran between the pass and Yoshida in Fujiyoshida City. Currently, National Route 138 passes through it, and many tourists enter the Fuji Five Lakes area from the Tomei Expressway.

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Japanese:

山梨県山中湖村と静岡県小山町の境にある峠。標高 1104m。古くから甲府盆地と東海地方を結ぶ交通の要衝で，中世には鎌倉往還が通り，沼津方面から塩や魚類，甲斐から木材などを輸送。近世以後は富士川水運の開通によって重要性は薄れたが，郡内地方では日用品もこの峠越しに運ばれ，明治末期から昭和初期までは峠と富士吉田市の吉田との間を鉄道馬車，トロッコが走っていた。現在国道 138号線が通り，東名高速道路から富士五湖方面に入る観光客の通行が多い。

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