Kurikara Pass

Japanese: 俱利伽羅峠 - くりからとうげ

A pass on the border between Kurigara, Tsubata-machi, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa Prefecture and Oyabe City, Toyama Prefecture. It is 277m above sea level. Formerly written as Kurigara Pass, it was a key route connecting Kaga and Etchu, and the old Hokuriku Kaido road passed through it. Near the pass are Kurigara Fudo, Temmuke Shrine, Fudo Pond, and Gosha Gongen. To the east of the pass is the ancient battlefield of Saruga-Baba, famous for the Genpei War, and a monument bearing Basho's haiku "Yoshinaka's Nezame-no-yama and Tsuki-no-kanashi." In 1878, a new road was built through Amada Pass, 1km north of the pass, and the pass fell into disuse, and is now mainly used as a hiking trail.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

石川県河北郡津幡町俱利伽羅と富山県小矢部市との県境にある峠。標高277m。もと栗殻峠と書き，加賀と越中を結ぶ要路で，旧北陸街道が通じていた。峠の近くに俱利伽羅不動，手向神社，不動池，五社権現がある。峠の東には源平合戦で有名な猿ヶ馬場の古戦場があり，〈義仲の寝覚の山か月かなし〉の芭蕉の句碑がある。1878年この峠の北方1kmの天田峠に新道が通じてからさびれ，現在は主としてハイキングコースとして利用される。

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