Tochinoki Pass - Tochinoki Pass

A pass on the border between Minami Echizen Town, Nanjo County, Fukui Prefecture and Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture. It is 539 meters above sea level. It divides the valley of the Itadori River, a tributary of the Hino River flowing north along the Yanagase Fault, and the Takatoki River, a tributary of the Ane River flowing south, and there was a steep road called Itadorikuzure in the old days. Shibata Katsuie, who entered Echizen Kitanosho, developed this road as a shortcut to Azuchi in Omi (Omihachiman City, Shiga Prefecture), and in the early modern period, the Hokkoku Kaido road leading to the Hokuriku region from Maibara and Sekigahara passed through it. In the Meiji era, the road around Tsuruga (National Route 8) and the Hokuriku Main Line were opened, and the road fell into disuse, but in 1975 this road became National Route 365, and traffic volume has increased. Large Japanese horse chestnut trees remain at the pass, and the Togeshita settlements of Itadori to the north and Nakanokouchi to the south are located there.

[Masahiko Shimada]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

福井県南条(なんじょう)郡南越前町(みなみえちぜんちょう)と滋賀県長浜市(ながはまし)の境にある峠。標高539メートル。柳ヶ瀬(やながせ)断層沿いに北流する日野(ひの)川の支流板取(いたどり)川と南流する姉(あね)川の支流高時(たかとき)川の谷を分け、古く虎杖崩(いたどりくずれ)とよばれた険路があった。越前北庄(きたのしょう)に入った柴田勝家(しばたかついえ)が近江(おうみ)安土(あづち)（滋賀県近江八幡市）への近道にこれを整備し、近世には米原(まいはら)や関ヶ原から北陸に向かう北国街道(ほっこくかいどう)が通じた。明治になって敦賀(つるが)回りの道路（国道8号）や北陸本線の開通でさびれたが、1975年（昭和50）この道が国道365号となり、交通量も増大している。峠にはトチの大木が残り、北に板取、南に中河内(なかのこうち)の峠下集落がある。

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