People in Kyoto and its neighboring regions including Yamashiro Province, who suffered from the expensive tolls, often created uprsisings and demanded the abolishment of the checkpoints, sometimes demolishing the checkpoints by force.
高い通行料に苦慮した京都や山城国など周辺部の民衆は度々一揆を引き起こして関所の廃止を要求して、実力で関所を破壊することもあった。