Kibune, famous for its Kawayuka (Riverside Summer Terrace), located at the foot on the side of Sakyo Ward, started as something like a chaya (a rest house) where people who came over the Seryo-toge Pass took a break and got fixed.
左京区側の麓にある川床で有名な貴船はこの芹生峠を越えた人が休憩を取り、服装を正した茶屋のようなものから始まった。