The so-called Saba-kaido Road, a shortcut to connect Kyoto and Obama City in the former Wakasa Province, ran through Kutsuki-mura, and the village prospered as a place along the road.
古くから、旧若狭国小浜市と京都を短絡する道、俗に言う鯖街道が縦断し、街道筋として栄えた。