Oumi Senri Cave - Oumi Senri Cave

...National Route 8 and the Hokuriku Expressway run along the coast, and the Aomi Interchange is located there. There is a cave near Mount Gongen in the northwest, and the Aomi Senri Cave is the deepest in Japan (450m). Ichiburi on the western edge was a checkpoint on the Hokuriku Kaido in the early modern period, and is also known for Basho's haiku "A prostitute sleeps in my household, and the bush clover and the moon."...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Aomori Senri-do" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…海岸に沿って国道8号，北陸自動車道が通り，青海インターチェンジがある。北西部の権現山近くに洞窟があり，竪穴の青海千里洞は日本最深(450m)。西端の市振は近世に北陸街道の関所がおかれ，芭蕉の〈一家に遊女もねたり萩と月〉の句でも知られる。…

※「青海千里洞」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。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報