Hime Kaido - Hime Kaido

Japanese: 姫街道 - ひめかいどう

(Named after the particularly frequent travel of women and children) In the Edo period, this was the common name for Honzaka-dori, a side road that branched off from Mitsuke-juku on the Tokaido, passing through Kiganoseki and Honzaka Pass before returning to Oyu-juku on the Tokaido. At the end of the Edo period, it is said that many people headed from Hamamatsu-juku, the post station after Mitsuke-juku, to Oyu and Yoshida-juku. It is said that women and children traveled frequently along this road because the enforcement at Kiganoseki was more lenient than at Arai-seki, and because they wanted to avoid the dangers of the Imakire ferry crossing, or because Arai-seki was also called Imakire-seki and the word Imakire was considered unlucky. It is often used simply to mean a side road or back road of the main road. *Goeki Benran "It is a detour to Arai-watashi and is also known as Hime-kaido."

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Japanese:

(婦女子の往来が特に頻繁であったところからいう) 江戸時代、東海道見付宿の先から分岐して気賀関、本坂峠を経て再び東海道御油宿にいたる脇街道、本坂通の通称。幕末期には多く見付宿の次宿である浜松宿から御油・吉田宿に向かったという。婦女子の往来が頻繁だったのは、新居関よりも気賀関の取締まりが寛大であり、また今切の渡しの航海の危険を避けるためとか、新居関が今切関とも呼ばれて、この今切れの語を不吉としたためとかいわれている。単に、本街道の脇道・裏道の意で用いられることも多い。※五駅便覧「新居渡の迂回路にして一名姫街道とも謂ふ」

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