The western region of Hakone in ancient times was one of the poorest areas in Japan. Due to drought and limited rainfall, only millet, buckwheat, and millet were produced. Under the dark rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, farmers had long been separated from their families due to the inability to provide official grain. The eager and righteous businessman Yoshino felt this and decided to dig a canal to solve the shortage here
The western region of Hakone in ancient times was one of the poorest areas in Japan. Due to drought and limited rainfall, only millet, buckwheat, and millet were produced. Under the dark rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, farmers had long been separated from their families due to the inability to provide official grain. The eager and righteous businessman Yoshino felt this and decided to dig a canal to solve the shortage here