Four years ago today, I visited my birthplace in Yokohama and then took a walk around the neighborhood. The old Tokaido highway runs very close to the elementary school I attended, and there is a hill called Shinano-zaka there.
By the way, my daughter had another Japanese dance lesson today.
The performance, "Oedo Nihonbashi," is a song about the towns along the fifty-three stages of the Tokaido Highway, starting from Nihonbashi.
I was surprised to find that Shinano-zaka was mentioned in the fourth verse.
I trained my daughter to be able to read and write the lyrics in both hiragana and kanji, but I broke out in a cold sweat when I explained this part.
As an elementary school student, I had no idea that this was such a famous place. The only thing I remember is that it was the only hill that I could not pedal my bike up because it was so steep.
I'd rather choose to sweat it out in sports anyway.