Fukui Tourism: Mackerel Highway

#FuriTabi The Mackerel Highway (Saba Kaido) is the general name for the highways that connected the territory of the Obama Domain, including Wakasa Province (roughly equivalent to the current Reinan region of Fukui Prefecture), with Kyoto. It was mainly a logistics route for transporting seafood to Kyoto, but the largest proportion of the fish on the route was mackerel, so it came to be called the Mackerel Highway. The road from Obama City, Fukui Prefecture to Kyoto is called the "Mackerel Highway," and you can enjoy hiking and walking along it. In the past, it was used to deliver food to the imperial families of Nara and Kyoto, and in modern times it was used to transport mackerel and other ingredients to chefs in Kyoto. Get a guide map and safely enjoy the history and nature of the Mackerel Highway.