The Yamabugyo (a mountain magistrate) of Satsuma Domain directed a total of 100,000 people and they used 4,000 bulls for the transport; it took 115 days and they finally reached Shinkawaguchi on May 4.
薩摩藩の山奉行が指揮を執り、延べ10万人が参加し牛4000頭を使って115日をかけ5月4日にようやく新川口に到着した。