町ちょう石いし

noun

roadside distance marker; chō stone

Historical stone markers placed along roads at intervals of one chō (about 109 meters). Often found on old highways and pilgrimage routes.

See also: 町

• 熊くま野の古こ道どうには町ちょう石いしが今いまも残のこっている。

  Chō stones still remain along the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route.

• この町ちょう石いしは江え戸ど時じ代だいに置おかれたものだ。

  This distance marker was placed in the Edo period.