This is a diary that he wrote from October 15, 1601 (lunar calendar), the day that he left Kyoto, to November 19, 1601, the day that he arrived in Yonezawa, in which he made a detailed record of the customs that he encountered during his trip while introducing his own waka and haiku poems.
慶長6年（1601年）10月15日(旧暦)に京都を発ってから同年11月19日(旧暦)に米沢へ着くまでを記した道中日記で、文中には本人が詠んだ俳句・和歌なども挿入しつつ、道中の風俗を詳しく書き残している。