Border City and Oldest National Road #1 Traditional Cache
Border City and Oldest National Road #1
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This cache is placed at the intersection of Ōshōji-suji and Daidō-suji.
Old Ōshōji Street started near the cache point and was a part of Takenouchi Kaido Road and West Kōya Kaido Road. Takenouchi Kaido Road is one of the oldest national roads which were planned to build by the government in order to connect the Capital City Asuka and other cities in 613. Ōshōji Street was also designated as the border of Settsu Province and Izumi Province. This is because the city was named “Sakai” which means “border”. Today, this street connects Sakai Station and Sakaihigashi Station.
Ōshōji-suji crosses Daidō-suji which is a part of Kishū Kaido Road and is one of the important streets in Sakai City.
Japanese:
キャッシュは大小路筋と大道筋の交差点に設置されています。
大小路は現在、堺駅と堺東駅を結ぶ道路として整備されていますが、かつてはキャッシュポイント付近を起点とする、竹内街道と西高野街道の最初の部分でした。竹内街道は613年に他の幾つかの街道と共に整備された日本最古の官道です。また、大小路は室町時代、摂津国と和泉国の国境として定められていました。このことが「堺」という都市名の由来となっています。
大小路とこの場所で接続する大道筋は紀州街道の一部であり、現在は堺の主要幹線道路の一つです。
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