Fish Highway - Uokaido

…The Wakasa Highway runs through the valley of the Takano River from Kyoto, through Ohara, over a mountain pass, through Kutsuki in Omi, and on to Wakasa, making it an important transportation route since ancient times. Teahouses accommodating travelers lined the mountainside, and the Wakasa Highway was also called the "fish highway" because a large amount of salted dried fish, such as salted mackerel, was transported from Wakasa along it. During the Edo period, about 40 weirs were built along the Takano River, making it an important agricultural water source in the basin, and water disputes often arose. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Fish Highway" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…高野川の河谷には，京都から大原を経て途中峠を越え，近江朽木に抜けて若狭に至る若狭街道が通じ，古代から重要な交通路であった。山端には旅人相手の茶屋が並び，若狭から塩サバなど塩干物が多数運搬されたため，若狭街道は〈魚街道〉とも呼ばれたという。江戸時代の高野川には井堰が約40ヵ所設けられて流域の重要な農業用水源とされ，水争いもたびたび生じた。…

※「魚街道」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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