In addition, since Nakahechi was well known as a Kumano pilgrimage road and Kohechi did not draw much attention from the beginning, in the Showa era, Kohechi gradually became almost 'an unknown Kumano pilgrimage road'.
加えて、熊野参詣道といえば中辺路がまず想起される存在であることも手伝い、注目を浴びることの無かった小辺路は、やがて半ば「埋もれた熊野参詣路」となっていった。