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Our guide
The Saba Kaidō — the “mackerel road” — is the collective name for the old roads linking Obama and the rest of Wakasa Province, roughly today's Reinan region of Fukui, with Kyoto. They carried mostly fish and shellfish to the capital, and because mackerel made up the largest share, they came to be called the mackerel road. This page is for the Obama end.
Obama Station on the Obama Line is about 450 m away in a straight line. Our source does not describe the road today, and we have not checked particular places along it, so look for local information before you go.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Saba Kaido start point — TR15336300101 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Obama City Sabakaido Museum 2020-05 ac (1) — Asturio Cantabrio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Obama City Sabakaido Museum 2020-05 ac (2) — Asturio Cantabrio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Sabakaidō MUSEUM 20221026 — 先従隗始 · CC0 · source · resized
- 福井県小浜市鯖街道資料館 ac — Asturio Cantabrio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
The Saba Kaidō (鯖街道, "mackerel road") is the collective name for the roads linking the Obama Domain and the rest of Wakasa Province — roughly today's Reinan region of Fukui Prefecture — with Kyoto. They carried mainly fish and shellfish to Kyoto, and because mackerel made up the largest share, they came to be called the mackerel road.
Background text translated from Japanese Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: History
Nearby station
Nearby station: Obama (Obama Line), about 450 m from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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