Nissaka-shuku

Nissaka-shuku was located at the western entrance to Sayo no Nakayama (小夜の中山), regarded as one of the three difficult mountain passes along the Tōkaidō.

When Nissaka-shuku was established as part of the Tōkaidō at the start of the Edo period, the characters for its name officially became 日坂.

After she died, a passing priest heard the stone call out for him to rescue the surviving infant.

The Tōkaidō Main Line railroad, established during the Meiji period, was built to avoid the difficult pass and, as a result, the fortunes of Nissaka-shuku began to fall.

The city of Kakegawa hosts the Nissaka-juku Kago Ekiden (日坂宿駕籠駅伝) every year in April.