Updated Date: 2019-03-16
Shiraki Pass at an altitude of 601 meters is located in the Morioka-Akita environment. The documents left in the Akita Pass show traces of close interaction between Yuda-Sanauchi-mura (now Nishiwaga-cho) and Yamauchi-mura (now Yokote-shi) in Akita. At Akita, cotton, salt, minced fish, salted and dried seafood were sent, while from Morioka, special products such as iron and horse were sent.