Yajirobe TOCHIMENYA, a resident of Edo Hatchobori (Chuo Ward, Tokyo) and Kitahachi, his freeloader, decide to visit Ise-jingu Shrine to get rid of their bad luck, and they travel the Tokai-do road from Edo to Ise-jingu Shrine, and further on to Kyoto and Osaka.
江戸八丁堀(東京都中央区)の住人栃面屋弥次郎兵衛（とちめんややじろべえ）と、居候の喜多八（きたはち）が、厄落としに伊勢神宮を思い立ち、東海道を江戸から伊勢神宮へ、さらに京都、大坂へとめぐる。