Ikuno, which appears in the beginning of one of the Hyakunin Isshu (one hundred waka poems by one hundred poets) was composed by Koshikibu no Naishi saying 'The road going over the Oe-yama mountain range and via Ikuno is so far that I have not set foot on Ama no Hashidate or seen a letter from my mother yet,' and is a place name in Fukuchiyama City; this poem illustrates the long relationship between Fukuchiyama and transportation.
百人一首の中の小式部内侍が歌った「おほえ山　いくの（生野）の道の遠ければ　まだふみも見ず　天橋立」の歌枕として登場する生野は福知山市内の地名であるが、このことからその福知山と交通の歴史の深さを知ることが出来る。