A diary at the time says that during peak periods, in the neighboring Matsuzaka City there were so many visitors passing through the town that the author had trouble going to the house across the street from his/her own.
ピーク時には地元松阪市では、自分の家から道路を横切って向かいの家に行くことすら困難なほど大量の参詣者が町の中を通っていった、と当時の日記にかかれている。