Okitsu is the site of Minaguchiya, the inn made famous in modern times by Oliver Statler in Japanese Inn (1961).

The town of Hara offered an unobstructed view of Mt. Fuji, which Andō Hiroshige exaggerated by extending the peak into the margin of the print.

From the highest point of the rugged mountain pass overlooking Suruga Bay, a snow-covered Mt. Fuji rises in the distance.