Rare term for a labyrinth or maze, often used in the context of a place where one can easily get lost. Compare with 藪知らず.
See also: 藪知らず
八幡知らずと呼ばれる迷路のような場所がある。
There is a maze-like place called Yawata-shirazu.
Shortened from 八幡の藪知らず, the name of a famously impenetrable bamboo thicket in present-day Ichikawa, Chiba. The place-name consequently became a term for a maze or labyrinth.