As the time passed, the following were also considered the border between the real world and the sacred land: ridges, mountain paths and slopes whose shapes of the roads were unique; and in some case, bridges, gates, borders of settlements such as villages and towns, and intersections of roads.
これらが時代を経るにしたがい、道の形状の特徴的な峰や峠や坂や、時には橋や門や村境や町境などの集落の境界や、道の交差する辻なども、その神域との端境と考えられた。