Kewai-zaka Matsu-namiki (Kewai hill lined with pine trees)
This is the spot where the scenery from the woodblock print "Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido: Ooiso Toraga-ame" by Utagawa Hiroshige the First is said to have been viewed. In this masterpiece, the Tokaido Road is lined with pine trees in the rain; it was drawn to depict the tears of a broken-hearted woman, Tora, who longed for her dead lover.
Essential Information
Duration |
15m |
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Access | JR Oiso Station (on the JR Tokaido Line) |