Note: This selection of Words-and-Pictures was made on September 15, 2001, as I walked on the Old Tokaido.
These monuments are along the road descending from Hakone Pass into Shizuoka Prefecture. This connects Hakone and Mishima, which are Stations # 10 and 11 respectively (from Tokyo) on the Old Tokaido Highway. You can read about my walk along this road in my
Logbook.
The bamboo here creates a tunnel over the
ishidatami.
This stone tells us that there used to be a stone here.
I have no idea what it says, but is seemed sort of sad out here in the middle of nowhere.
This is the
Kabuto Ishi, whose shape resembles a samurai's helmet.
This stone marks the entry to an old grove of trees.
This stone commemorates the location of a roadside teashop.
And the road goes on...
Note: I have guessed at the meaning of some of these stones. If you know otherwise, please let me know by using the contact form at the right.
Posted September 27, 2019
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