The Saba Kaido was once an important network of trails for transporting goods to the capital of Kyoto, and its name literally means “Mackerel Road”. This is because Wakasa Bay, that the trails connected to, was well known for its mackerel (saba in Japanese), which would often be salted for preservation and carried across the trails to Kyoto, lending it the name, Saba Kaido.
In this two-day trip with Japan Guide, I visited the starting point of the Saba Kaido in the city of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, to see what the area had to offer and to hike a small portion of the trail myself:
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Cassandra Lord - Japan Content Creator 
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