Renga is also called 'Tsukuba no Michi (street of Tsukuba)' because the origin of renga goes back to the Showa-Mondoka (chorus poetry in the form of question and answer) between Yamatotakeru no Mikoto and Mihitaki no Okina, which depicted Mt. Tsukuba and was collected in "Kojiki" (Records of Ancient Matters).
連歌は「筑波（つくば）の道」とも称されるが、これは連歌の起源を『古事記』にある、筑波山を詠みこんだ、ヤマトタケル（やまとたけるのみこと）と御火焼翁（みひたきのおきな）との唱和問答歌とすることによる。