Echigo-Yuzawa tour

This lake, the 48 waterfalls downstream of this lake, and the neighborhood of the Youth Travel Village upstream are called the Daigenta Canyon.
This lake used to be the place where old generation Ueda Castle chief Nagafusa Kage Masakage Uesugi Kagekatsu used to boat here.
On July 5, 1564, Nagakage Masakage used the Nojirike pond, which was said to have been killed on the boat during the banquet on the boat by Masami Usami, the castle owner of Biwa Island. 1.5 rods
It is an arch dam that was built in 1939 with a depth of 15 US.
Mountain towering in front is the altitude of 1579 rice in Mt Daigenta which is said to be Matterhorn of the East.

At the temple of the Soto sect in Dotaru, Yuzawa-machi, Minamiuonuma-gun, there is a statue of Nioson, a work by the sculptor Uncho Ishikawa, who was active in the Echigo period from the end of the Edo era to the first year of the Meiji era."Nioson statue" is also designated as a designated cultural property of Yuzawa Town.

The author is Uncho Ishikawa, who wielded his talent in Echigo from the end of the Edo era to the first year of the Meiji era.Uncho was born in Edo Zoshigaya (now Toshima Ward, Tokyo) in culture 18 (1814), and his real name is Yasube Ishikawa.In the early thirties, I entered Echigo the condition of "giving good sake and fleas for the rest of my life" and left many works.

The length of 5,481m is about 25 minutes in the air.There is quite a difference in elevation and the scenery is a dynamic romance itself.

A state-of-the-art pumped storage power plant that boasts the largest output in Japan for hydroelectric power generation.

The Okuseitsu Power Station has two control ponds, Cassa and Nii, and an effective head of 470m between them is used to generate up to 1.6 million kW of power.

Electricity generated at both the Oku-Kiitsu and Oku-Kiitsu No.2 Power Stations will be sent to Tokyo by the Niigata Main Line of TEPCO.The Oku-Keizu power plant was operated directly in the power plant control room, but since April 1993, it has been switched to a remote control system from the East Regional Control Plant in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture.

It is located near “Tsucharu Station” on the Joetsu Line, and was picked up as the second place in “Beautiful Railway Bridge in Japan” by Best House 123.

But with the name of the Tsuchidaru, the center of the old Tsuchidaru village hit in the vicinity of the current Echigo Nakazato Station, not houses around the station.The nearby TEPCO hydroelectric power plant/Tuchi power plant (7,000 kW) was unmanned in 1974.The Kan-Etsu Expressway runs through the platform for the uphill line, and the Dotaru parking area is located east of the station.

Kawabata Yasunari's "Yukiguni (Snow country)" will also appear as a "signal station" where trains will stop after leaving the tunnel.

In addition, Motadozawa flowing near this station is known as a spot for mountain stream fishing and river play, and the Motozawa Bridge on the Joetsu Line was selected as a civil engineering heritage site in 2017.

The attraction here is that you can jump in dynamically from rocks that can jump in, but on the contrary, you can enjoy it with your family in a gentle place in shallow water.There are some barbecues on the shore, and some people flirting on the river. It's a quiet trout during the off-season, but it's a great success only during this time."Lawson" was opened near August 7, 2020.This is very convenient! There is a convenience store a 3-minute walk from the trout playground "Troutori".
Toilet has a hypothetical toilet if you walk a little.Parking is free of charge, "it's on the left just past the landmark sign.

*This is definitely something to watch out for, but after rain it is best to refrain from increasing water as the water from the mountains flows in at a time lag.Actually there were accidents in the past.

The sect is a Rinzai sect (Zen sect) and belongs to the Engakuji school of Kamakura.The principal image is Shakyamuni Buddha.

The inauguration was started in 1710 (1410) by Kakuo Soden Osho.

"Miso at Sekikoji is a valuable miso that protects an important scripture.
Furthermore, if 600 sutras were buried in that miso
The miso at Sokokashi Sekikoji must have the benefits and merit of the scriptures."
And the one who worshiped at Kankoji Temple told me to separate the miso and that.

Since then, "What people get this miso is
We can be rewarded with the benefit of the Sutras of the Young Manchurian.''
People in the world said

"If you visit Kankoji Temple, there's no reason why you wouldn't visit without the miso."

As a word for the question "Did you come to Sekikoji and thank you for the good miso?"

"Miso licked at Kankoji Temple"

Came to be handed down to posterity.

The Kiyotsu Gorge has been closed since the fall of rocks in 1988.

In order to appreciate the majestic nature of Kiyotsukyo safely and with peace of mind,
The "Kiyotsu Gorge Tunnel" was born in October 1996.In addition, at the 7th Earth Art Festival in 2018, it was renewed as an art work "Tunnel of Light" by Ma Yang Sung/MAD Architects.The total length is 750m.

From 3 panoramic places and the panorama station which is the end of the tunnel,
You can enjoy the wonderful beauty of the canyon.In particular, at the end of the panorama station, a fantastic art space in which the view of the canyon is reversed with a water mirror spreads out.

The Kiyotsu Gorge is a gorge formed by the Kiyotsu River, which is a tributary of the Shinano River.It is about 12.5 kilometers long from Koide, Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture to Yagizawa, Yuzawa Town.

It is said that Nakagami Kamashikushi received the oracle and set up a shrine in Omuro (currently the sixth station).There is a folk tale that the pitcher Kokaku, followed by Kobo Daishi, was practiced on the summit at Hakkaisan.Since ancient times, the Hakkaisan religion has been developed around the foothills of the Shugenshu temple as a sacred place for both parts. ..The first sight in the history of the Hakkaisan religion is the Sannomiya Hachikai Daimyojin of Echigo the Shinto Collection, which was compiled in the middle of the north and south dynasty. It was extended to nearby prefectures.However, as time went by and the Hakkaisan kept squealing until the middle of the modern times, its spiritual power was moved deep inside the steep ridge.
In 6th year of Kansei, the man who opened Otakiguchi of Mt. Ontake in Kiso came to Japan and was guided by Okami's dream report. As it opened, it was ranked as the brother mountain of Mt. Ontake and gradually became known throughout the country.

＜Town-run bathhouse＞
"Popular name:Mountain pumpkin"
Echigo Yuzawa Onsen, which has been loved by locals since ancient times, is a communal bath in Yumoto.

＜Town-run bathhouse＞
A hot spring named after the novel's snow country heroine, Komako.
"Snow Country" materials are also exhibited.

＜Town-run bathhouse＞
You can enjoy the hot spring while looking at nature such as the Uono River and the rocky mountains.

＜Town-run bathhouse＞
Near Mitsumata Ski Ropeway.
After trekking or skiing snowboarding.

＜Town-run bathhouse＞
There is a Jacuzzi, a sauna, a large public bath, a large hall, and a permanent exhibition of children's drawings.
There are also rare Thai dishes in the dining room.

A hot spring located at the ropeway platform.
On the way back from the Alp village or Yuzawa Kogen ski resort.

A hot spring on the premises of JR Echigo-Yuzawa Station.
Because of the sake, the synergy of hot springs and sake is also available!