This stone-paved road was built in 1522 during the reign of King Shojin, starting from the entrance of Shuri Castle.
The 340-meter-long cobblestone road, which runs through Kanagusuku-zaka, Kanagusuku-bashi, Shikina-zaka, and ends at Shin-Oh-bashi, has been polished by the footsteps of generations of people, giving it a beautiful luster.
This road was an important road leading to Naha, a trading port, as well as a beautification policy for Shuri Castle. Moreover, it was also used to repel the Japanese invaders!
The cobblestone pavement, which still remains today, is 238 meters long, with six large redwood trees and one Ryukyu enoki tree growing along the way, reminding us of the old castle town of Shuri with its moss-covered pavement and red-tiled houses.
Incidentally, the largest redwood tree is 300 years old, with a circumference of 5.2 m at breast height, a height of 13 m, and branches of 17 m. It was designated a national natural monument in 1972.
And at the remains of Kaneshiro Ohigawa Mouto, a village house that served drinks to people passing by on the slope has been preserved.
This is a precious place that miraculously escaped the fires of the Battle of Okinawa, and it conveys the richness of the Ryukyu Dynasty era to the present.