Choinagiri Street

Large Kiridoshi (approximately 18m high) at the border with Kamakura City

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Small Kiridoshi (approximately 16m high) on Yokohama side

◇Position:　1 Togezaka, Asahina-cho, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, 12 places in Kamakura-shi

◇History of designated historic sites
【１】 June 5, 1969 Area: 6,600 square meters
Name: Choinagiri Street
Region: (Yokohama City side) Of Yokohama City Road Rokuura Route 1, the road floor from the border with Kamakura City to 330m, and the range of 20m on both sides
(Kamakura City side) Of Kamakura City Road 101, the road floor up to about 1 km from the border with Yokohama City and a range of 5 to 20 m on both sides

【２】 July 28, 2008 (Additional designation for Yokohama city area) 40,792 square meters
Region: From the Kiridoshi Road including the Kumano Shrine area, and on the east side to the next ridge that enters the field of view from Kiridoshi road including the Kumano Shrine area, on the south side to the valley line along the Kiridoshi road including the Kumano Shrine area, and on the east side to the front of the expressway Added area (53,992 square meters in total for Yokohama city area)

According to records in the literature, in the section of the Kamakura Shogunate's history book "Azuma Kagami", November 30, 1240 (1240), a debate to open a road between Kamakura and Mutsuura was decided. It is said that Yasutoki Hojo, the third generation of authority at the time, went by himself. The drilling work was started on April 5 of the following year. Rokuuratsu is a natural good port to prevent wind waves, and Hojo used it as an outer port of Kamakura due to the excavation of Kiridoshi. At the time of Thailand, he gave this important place to his younger brother, Hojo Jitai. At the time of the child of Thailand, he set up a museum in this area, and since then he named Kanazawa for four generations with Akito, Sadaaki, Sadamasa (Sadayuki) and Sadamasa (Sadayuki). , Shomeiji Temple and Kanazawabunko were founded and developed. Rokuuratsu prospered as a key point of maritime traffic even after the destruction of Hojo, and in the early modern era, the landscape near the cove was praised as Kanazawa's eight scenic spots, and many literary inkmen visited here.
Kiridoshi is an important transportation route connecting Kamakura and Rokuura, and salt produced in Rokuura and Kamariya were also transported to Kamakura through Kiridoshi. Shionojizo, which was introduced to Kosokuji Temple in Kamakura, is said to have been originally along the Kanazawa Kaido, indicating the thriving traffic of merchants. During the Edo period, various Kamakura information illustrations include "Kanazawa Road Kiritoushi", "Asaina Kiridoshi", "Toogezaka Kiridoshi Shi / Kanazawa Road". An old photo of the first half of the Meiji era shows a teahouse on the top of Kiridoshi, and "Kamakura Daikan" (1902) written by Zenjiro Sato also introduces teahouses. Throughout the Edo period, the villagers at the foot repeatedly negotiated roads, and several memorial towers remain near the entrance to Kiridoshi.
Kiridoshi was used as a prefectural road until the opening of the Kanazawa Kamakura Line, which bypasses Kiridoshi in 1956 (1956), but the development of the surrounding area did not reach the road and destroyed the road, so the appearance of the past was relatively good. I keep it.
In 1969 (1969), the so-called "Kamakura Shichiguchi", one of the Seven Kiridoshi, it was designated as a national historic site because it is a valuable historical site that shows the status of communication between the terrain of Kamakura and the outside. Around the time with the additional designation of the city area, the surrounding area of Kiridoshi was additionally designated in 2008 (2008).