The Yodogawa Eguchi course is a tour around the district that has been deeply concerned historically in the Yodogawa river. Eguchi was very crowded with those people who are going to and from Kyoto by water from the last years of Heian (794-1191) to the Kamakura (1192-1333) period, where you are able to think of the prosperity of those days and the talk through the night made between the priest Saigyo (1118-1190) and the daughter of the Heike clan named Tae. And then you get to the big Nakajima canal which played a great role of the improvement and irrigation of water from the Edo period. Besides, there are routes and streets which have some vestiges of the old Road and the historical sites and legend around the Sozenji temple let us think of those days gone by or you can enjoy a fine view on the bank of the Yodogawa river that was the stage of transportation by water, and enjoy rambling walk on the Ohnogawa Road for pedestrians and bicycles covered in fresh greenery. You can enjoy various kinds of pleasure such as above-mentioned.

The Course Map

(Click a number of map inside you can see an explanation of a historic scene)

Historic Scenes list　 （Click a number of the list inside you can see an explanation of a historic scene） １ The site of Houganmatsu Transmission 15 Sozenji ２ The site of Ohwada Castle 16 The site of Settu and Toyosaki Prefectural Office ３ The site of Tukuda fishermen transmission 17 Hokkeji ４ Himejima Jinja 18 The site of Kunijima Castle ５ Sumiyoshi Jinja・ Yodogawa Ebisu Jinja 19 Kunijima Jinja ６ The site of Nozato ferry 20 Zuikoji ７ The site of Ueda Akinari's temporary abode, Kashima castmelt coin foundry 21 Josenbo ８ Kamitsu Jinja 22 Matsuyama Jinja ９ Watanabe residence 23 Ohmiya 10 Kamata Jinja 24 The site of Heita ferry 11 A big camphor tree in the site of Suga Jinja 25 Ohsumi Jinja 12 The site of Nakajima big canal 26 Sakamaki Jizoson 13 Daiganji temple and Nagara immolation monument 27 Jakkoji 14 Nakajima Soja 28 The site of Chichiushimaki pasture 　 Column 　 column １ The Ohnogawa Road for pedestrians and bicycles column ５ Kameoka Road column ２ The Ohwada Road column ６ Toyosato Local Historical Museum column ３ Chugoku Road, Yamada Road, Nose Road column ７ Seseraginomichi column ４ The Memorial Hall of Waterworks column ８ Naniwa bicycle road