Michinoeki (Roadside Station) Gin no Basha Kamikawa
Kamikawa Town is located almost in the center of Hyogo Prefecture.
Gin-no-Basha Kamikawa is the first Michinoeki (Roadside Station) in the Nakaharima region.
It was named after its location along the Gin-no-Basha Kamikawa Road (National Route 312), which is considered to be Japan's first high-speed industrial road and is recognized as a Japan Heritage Site, “The Gin-no-Basha Kamikawa Road through Bantan (Harima and Tajima): The Road of Ore,” 73km of wheel tracks tracing the memory of Japan, a resource-rich country.
The Gin-no-Basha Kamikawa Road was built in the early Meiji era as a single road through Harima and Tajima to open up a new era, connecting Himeji Shikama Port, a thriving port on the Harimanada Sea, and Asago Ikuno in Tajima, which developed as one of the leading mines in Japan, and led to the modernization of Japan.
As a route for transporting goods such as machinery and daily necessities needed for mining and smelting, as well as the gold, silver, and copper ore produced, it saw many people and horse-drawn carriages come and go briskly.
Here, in the vicinity of Gin-no-Basha Kamikawa Road Station, there is an existing carriage road site that is the only place where the Gin-no-Basha Kamikawa Road still retains its original appearance, and you can take a walk along it.
