Shio no Michi
Stations of the Chikuni Kaidō. On the Echigo Province side of the route, it was called the "Itoigawa Kaidō", but on the Shinano Province side, it was called "Chikuni Kaidō". The Sawado-juku and Sano-juku pair and the Ida-juku and Imori-juku pair each essentially functioned as one post station. Stations of the Sanshū Kaidō. The salt was initially carried from Mikawa Bay by boats traveling up the Yahagi River and its tributary, the Tomoe River. From Toyota, it was carried by horse, marking the start of the Sanshū Kaidō.