Remains of Kinseinenju Checking Point

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Original Text

There are "Early Modern" Mougaseki and "Ancient" Mougaseki, so make no mistake. This is Mougaseki in the early modern times. When Basho visited, here was the barrier station. Mougaseki is a pillow composed by Basho's beloved poet Noin in Waka. Basho seemed to have wanted to come here so much, and even though he stayed near Onkai Onsen, which is famous as a famous hot spring, the day before crossing Motogaseki, he asked only his disciples to go to the hot spring. I went to Motogaseki quickly. That's why it was an attractive sacred place for a bard ...

Along national Route 7

Original Text

It is one of the three ruins of Ou's three major barrier stations, the remains of the Tsuruoka domain's bansho and Seki, which were until the Edo period in Motsugaseki. The place is not completely the border between Echigo and Dewa. There were signs such as the location of the bansho in the 1840s during the Koka era. There is no parking lot and you can walk if you stop on the sea side.