Kamakura Highway - Kamakura Oukan

Japanese: 鎌倉往還 - かまくらおうかん

...The journey between Edo and Kofu took about two nights and three days, and the import and export of various goods to Edo was also a route through which Edo culture flowed. The Kamakura Highway, which connected the three provinces of Suruga (Shizuoka Prefecture), Mame (Shizuoka Prefecture), and So (Kanagawa Prefecture) as a side route between the Koshu Highway and the Tokaido, passed through the Misaka Pass, the northern foot of Mt. Fuji, and the Kagosaka Pass to reach Numazu-shuku on the Tokaido, but was also closely connected to the Gunnai domain, and the Nakamichi Highway, which connected with Suruga, passed through the Ubaguchi Pass, passed through Shoji and the shores of Motosu, and reached the Yoshiwara-shuku on the Tokaido from the western foot of Mt. Fuji. In addition, there was the Suruga-Shinjuku Highway, which ran parallel to the Fuji River shipping, and others that connected to Nirasaki-shuku on the Koshu Highway. ...

From [Kamakura Kaido]

…An ancient road from the Middle Ages. It is also called the Kamakura Highway. It is mainly distributed in Owari, Mino, Hida, and Etchu eastward, but since the original meaning was "the road leading to Kamakura," it exists in a network-like form in Musashi and other areas. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Kamakura Okan" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…江戸･甲府間の旅程はほぼ2泊3日，江戸との諸商品の移出入は同時に江戸文化流入の道でもあった。甲州街道と東海道との脇往還として駿(静岡県)豆(静岡県)相(神奈川県)3州と結ばれる鎌倉往還は御坂（みさか）峠から富士北麓を籠坂峠越えで東海道沼津宿に通ずるが，郡内領と密接なつながりをもち，次に駿河と結ぶ中道（なかみち）往還は右左口（うばぐち）峠を越え精進（しようじ），本栖（もとす）の湖畔を経て富士西麓から東海道吉原宿に達した。また富士川舟運に並行して，甲州街道韮崎宿へ結ばれる駿信往還その他があった。…