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Kutsukinomori Forest Park
Kutsuki Forest Park is a 200-hectare forest located at an altitude of 400 to 150 meters in Aso, Takashima City. The forest is rich in nature, with most of it made up of the former Hotora Mountain and artificial coniferous forests. In 1979, the Kutsuki Forest Park was opened as a park called "Kutsuki Forest Park."
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Sea of clouds and autumn leaves in Koiriya
Located on the border between Shiga and Fukui prefectures, Onyu Pass is known as a spectacular spot. The best time to see the autumn leaves is usually from late October, but if the weather conditions are right, you can also see the spectacular sea of clouds in the early morning. *The main forest roads in Takashima City are accessible via...
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Primeval beech forest of live cedars
It is located in the Kutsuki-Katsurakawa Prefectural Natural Park, in the northwest of Kutsuki, on the slopes of Mikuni Pass. It is said that beech trees are a barometer of the richness of the mountains. In the past, Shiga Prefecture was home to mountainous areas with a cool climate, located 600 to 700 meters above sea level.
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Hebiyaga Peak
Jadanigamine is a mountain with an elevation of 901.7m, located in the eastern part of Kutsuki, at the northern end of the Hira mountain range. It is also suitable for beginners. Locally known as "Ogurasu", it has a majestic appearance when seen from the Lake Biwa side. G…
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- Imazu area
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Central Watershed - Takashima Trail
The hiking trail stretches about 80km from Arachigoe in Makino, through the mountains of Imazu, to Mt. Mikuni in Kutsuki. It is located in the center of the central watershed that separates the Sea of Japan side from the Pacific side of the Japanese archipelago, and has a combination of climates and vegetation from all over the world, from the east to the west and from the north to the south.
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Market Street
The market area of Kutsuki is also a Jinya town that has existed since the Kamakura period. It is characterized by a right-angled curve on the road, and is now famous as a post town on the "Mackerel Highway" that connects Obama and Kyoto. In the Kamakura period, a manor was established here, and it was under the rule of the Kutsuki clan…
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Ikenosawa Ruins
The ruins are located on a flat area on a river terrace on the left bank of Kutsuki Valley formed by the Azumi River, and are about 50m east to west and 160m north to south. There are two theories about where the prince of Emperor Goichijo and the Fujiwara clan sought a place of seclusion from the capital, and where the princess of the lord of Kutsuki was…
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Kutsuki Jinya ruins
After the Battle of Sekigahara, the Kutsuki clan, who were treated as vassal lords of the Tokugawa shogunate, established this jin'ya within their territory. At the time, the 93,000-square-meter site was said to have contained various facilities for use as a battlefield base, including a palace, samurai quarters, a sword-fighting dojo, a riding ground, and a storehouse.
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Koshoji Temple
Koshoji Temple was founded in 1243 when Dogen Zenji, the founder of the Soto sect, encouraged Sasaki Nobutsuna, who was in retirement from Kutsukisho, to build a temple when he was heading to Echizen from the capital. From the temple grounds, you can see the vast and magnificent scenery of the Azumigawa River and Kaminoyama. Kutsuki…
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Ninigi Shrine
Ninigi Shrine is the guardian deity of Miyamaebo, and Ninigi no Mikoto is the deity worshipped here. The wooden two-tiered pagoda was built at the end of the Edo period and is a two-tiered tower measuring three bays on each side. It belonged to Kutsuki Jingu-ji Temple as the pagoda of Kutsuki Jingu-ji Temple, but it was later renamed Ninigi Shrine…
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