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Ataka Sekisho-ato (Site of the Ataka Checkpoint)
小松市安宅町
The site of a historical checkpoint located within the precincts of Ataka Sumiyoshi Shrine, known as the setting for the legend of Yoshitsune and Benkei.
History
The site said to be the location of the Ataka checkpoint is a sand dune covered in pine forest, situated on the shrine grounds adjacent to Ataka Sumiyoshi Shrine. It is widely known for the legend that in the third year of Bunji (1187 CE), Yoshitsune and Benkei, disguised as mountain ascetics (yamabushi), were discovered here by the checkpoint guard, Togashi Saimonjo. On March 18, 1939, it was designated as a Prefectural Historic Site of Ishikawa Prefecture under the name 'Ataka no Seki ato (Site of the Ataka Checkpoint).'
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