Road starting at Fushimi, crossing Uji-gawa River at Bungo-bashi Bridge (present-day Kangetsu-kyo Bridge) and over Ogura-zutsumi Bank built in Ogura-ike Pond (between Ninomaru and Oike ponds), passing through Nishime-gawa River and Makishima, turning straight southward from Ogura, merging with another road from Uji at Okubo and leading into Nara.
伏見から豊後橋（現在の観月橋）で宇治川を渡り、巨椋池（二の丸池と大池の間）に築かれた小倉堤の堤上を進み、西目川、槇島を経て、小倉からは直線的に南下して大久保で宇治からの道と合流し、奈良へと続く。