Torii Pass

Japanese: 鳥居峠 - とりいとうげ

A pass on the Nakasendo road in the northern part of the Kiso Valley in southwest Nagano Prefecture. It is 1,197m above sea level. It forms the watershed between the Narai River on the Sea of Japan side and the Kiso River on the Pacific side. When the Kisoji road was opened in 713, it was called Agatazaka and was the border between Shinano and Mino. In ancient times, it was thought to have been the northern border of the Kiso Valley, and in the Middle Ages, the descendants of Minamoto no Yoshinaka built a torii gate here, which is where the name came from. In the early modern period, during the Nakasendo road era, there was a lot of traffic, and there is a stone monument bearing a haiku poem by Matsuo Basho, who passed through the pass in 1688. It became deserted after the opening of a tunnel for the Chuo Main Line and National Route 19, but in 1971 it was developed into a nature trail.

Torii Pass

A pass on the border between Tsumagoi Village in western Gunma Prefecture and Ueda City in eastern Nagano Prefecture. It is 1,362 meters above sea level. It is in the saddle between Mt. Azumaya in the north and Mt. Eboshi in the south. It was the highest point of the old Shinanoji branch road, Ueda Kaido (National Route 144), and was an important transportation route connecting Joshu and Shinshu. The villages of Furunagai on the east and Shibusawa on the west developed below the pass. It belongs to Joshin'etsu Kogen National Park.

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Japanese:

長野県南西部，木曾谷の北部，中山道にある峠。標高 1197m。日本海側への奈良井川，太平洋側への木曾川の分水界をなす。和銅6 (713) 年岐蘇 (きそ) 路が開通した頃は県 (あがた) 坂と呼ばれ，信濃と美濃の国境であった。古代は木曾谷の北の境界と考えられ，中世，源義仲の子孫が鳥居を建てたことが名称の由来。近世，中山道時代は交通量が多く，貞享5 (1688) 年峠を通った松尾芭蕉の句碑などもある。中央本線と国道 19号線のトンネルが開通したことにより寂れたが，1971年自然遊歩道として整備された。

鳥居峠
とりいとうげ

群馬県西部の嬬恋村と長野県東部の上田市との境にある峠。標高 1362m。北の四阿山と南の烏帽子岳の間の鞍部にあたる。旧信濃路支道，上田街道 (国道 144号線) の最高地点で，上州と信州を結ぶ重要な交通路であった。東側に古永井 (ふるながい) ，西側に渋沢の峠下集落が発達した。上信越高原国立公園に属する。

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