{"id":857,"date":"2012-10-05T15:40:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T06:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lovekatano.com\/?page_id=857"},"modified":"2017-02-11T23:55:23","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T14:55:23","slug":"the-kaigake-rode","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lovekatano.com\/?page_id=857","title":{"rendered":"Kaigake no Michi (the Kaigake Road)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kaigake<\/p>\n

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The Kaigake Road is heading to Nara prefecture. It was used as\u00a0a main trafic road between Kawachi to Nara.<\/p>\n

In the Sengoku period, Kisabe castle built by Ukon Yasumi was\u00a0sometimes attacted by feudal lords in Nara. They came to Katano\u00a0from the Kaigake Road.<\/p>\n

On the road, there are stone lanterns and a big stone. The stone is called ‘Kaeru Ishi’. ‘Kaeru’ means ‘come back to a home’.<\/p>\n

Long time ago, a loving couple in the Kawachi area received a\u00a0mandate\u00a0about corvee. The husband had to stay away for a while. The wife reluctantly accepted it and saw off him at the stone lanterns. She thought he would come back to their home before long. But, he was dead at a work place due to an accident.<\/p>\n

She, who did not know his death,\u00a0waited for him next to the lanterns everyday. Finally, she, herself, became the stone (the Kaeru Ishi).<\/p>\n

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