Onyū

Onyū lies in the country of Wakasa, near the routes that cross the mountains from the Sea of Japan toward Kyoto. The Tango and Saba roads met here, and travellers continued over the passes toward the capital. The district is also home to Wakasa Jingūji and the old provincial temple. At Unose on the Onyū River, a ceremony sends water on its way to Tōdaiji's Nigatsudō in Nara, where it is ritually drawn in the spring.