East Izu Road (Shimoda Kaido)
For centuries, the Higashiura-ji (East Back Road) was the main route along Izu's east coast. The road ran from Odawara Castle to Shimoda, an important port in southern Izu. Records of this road begin around 1170, at the end of the Heian Period, but they were certainly in use long before that. Awaken the lives -- some famous, many ordinary -- of travelers in ancient Japan.