Kochi’s Shio no Michi: A Guided Walk Through 400 Years
Come walk with us and learn the fascinating history of the Shio no Michi or Salt Road. A small path cuts through the mountains heading toward the sea. For hundreds of years the Salt Road was a busy thoroughfare for merchants, travelers and locals heading to market. Charcoal, miso, and all manner of goods came down out of the mountains and were exchanged for salt made at the seaside. Mountain bandits and robbers hid themselves among the trees and bushes and travelers made prayers for safety at the many shrines along the way. In the 20th century railways and asphalt roads took the place of the salt road and it soon became an overgrown path carrying only memories. As the millennium came to a close, those memories spurred the locals into action. Thanks to them, the Salt Road is once again passable.
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