It is a monument of a rectangular column with a round head erecting on a slope which extends from Susuki Pass to Odo-gawa River; in the front of it, a seated figure of Priest Kobo-daishi was carved by han-niku-bori (mezzo-rilievo); on the right side, the distances to Mt. Koya and to Kumano Hongu-taisha Shrine were engraved; on the left side, the distances to Osaka, to Nara and to Wakayama were engraved; according to it, the distance to Kumano Hongu-taisha Shrine was seventeen-ri (about 67 kilometers).
薄峠から御殿川への下り坂にある円頭形角柱の碑で、正面には円相の中に半肉彫り弘法大師坐像があり、右側には、かうや山（高野山）・くまの本宮（熊野本宮）、左側には、大坂（大阪）・奈良・若山（和歌山）への距離がそれぞれ記され、くまの本宮までは17里（約67キロメートル）とある。