More specifically there were two other routes; the one started from Mt. Koya, passed through Daimon, Yukawatsuji, Shinko, Mino Pass, Mt. Nikko, went across Mt. Gomadan or Mt. Jogamori, and from Tonogauchi, went down the part called Ryujin-kaido to Iwata-gawa River and met Nakahechi: the another started from Mt. Koya as well, and from Mt. Nikko, went east along the ridge, and met Kohechi at Mt. Obako-dake.
すなわち、高野山から大門・湯川辻・新子・箕峠・日光山を経由し、護摩壇山もしくは城ヶ森山を経て殿垣内からは龍神街道を富田川河岸まで下って中辺路に合流するもの、もしくは日光山から尾根道伝いに東進して伯母子岳で小辺路に合流するものである。