[From Eeyan ! Osaka Shopping Street]"Kamenose" - Experience the feelings of the Manyo people walking along the Tatsuta Kodo

If you walk northeast from JR Yamatoji Line's Kawachikatakami Station along the bridge over the Yamato River, you will come to Kamenose, a natural checkpoint on the border between Osaka and Nara. This place has been feared by people since ancient times as a place with a history of coexistence and struggle with landslides. In the Manyoshu, the border pass is described as a "fearful slope."

This is a difficult location that has experienced repeated landslides for the past 40,000 years, but people have used the latest civil engineering technology to protect this strategic location and prayed to the wind god of Tatsuta for safe travels and living, and it has supported transportation, the economy, and flood control as the western gateway to the capital since ancient times.

In 2008, part of the old brick Osaka Railway Kamenose Tunnel was excavated during construction of a groundwater drainage tunnel as a landslide prevention measure. The brick laying methods, such as English-dumi and Nagate-dumi, remain to this day in their original form.

In addition, there is a "Guided Tour" (with projection mapping) led by a volunteer guide through the "Kamenose Landslide History Archive" where you can learn about history and flood control measures, and the "Drainage Tunnel." Please make a reservation online and join us.

Nearby, you can also purchase carbonated drinks such as Kamenokora (Cola) stored in the Kamenose Tunnel. Kamenose has a nostalgic atmosphere and history deeply engraved in the stone. Come and experience one of the most rare spaces in Japan.

Kokubunishi shopping area

*For details, such as access methods and the Seta Kodo/Kamenose walking map, please see the official website.

Kamenose (official website)