After passing Kaya-goya-ato, the road joins a road going across the ridge at Hinoki Pass which has a legend that a hinoki grew from the chopsticks thrown away by Priest Kobo-daishi (refer to "Annaiki" and "Meguri").
萱小屋跡を過ぎ、弘法大師が捨てたヒノキの箸からヒノキが生えたとの伝承がある（『案内記』および『めぐり』）檜峠で尾根道に合流する。