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This is a Modern piece . This piece was composed for shakuhachi by Miyata Kohachiro in 1992 .

Hakone Hachiri appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Japanese Folk Songs  (Listen)
One of the dangerous paths of the Tokaido which linked Tokyo and Kyoto in the Edo period. The easiest way to cross the mountains of Hakone was to use a horse led by a pack horse driver. Those drivers sang this famous song whilst spinning their reins.