Although it is said that this year’s snowfall is heavy, as of mid-January, the amount of snowfall in Nagaoka seems to be small. Even so, a snowplow was deployed only once at Kawamata Farm.
The engine is not running well and snow is not flying briskly. (It was a bad plug contact.)
Even though there is little snow, we are on the Sea of Japan side, so we have been having dreary rain, sleet, and snow every day. I decided to go see Mt. Fuji as a distraction.
The route went from Niigata to Nagano to Yamanashi to Shizuoka along the Fossa Magna. The route was traveled by Kenshin Uesugi, Shingen Takeda, Ieyasu Tokugawa, and other feudal lords of the Warring States period.
The return trip was Shizuoka→Yamanashi→Kanagawa→Tokyo→Saitama→Gunma→Niigata. Crossing the Japanese archipelago, I realized once again that there are many mountains.
Suruga country (Central Shizuoka Prefecture)
I have been to Enshu country (Hamamatsu) and Izu country, but this was my first visit to Suruga country (Shizuoka). Although I have passed through there many times by Shinkansen. It seems to be sunny almost every day in winter, which is the opposite of Niigata.
Suruga Province sightseeing in the order of “Miho no Matsubara → Nihondaira/Kunouzan Toshogu Shrine → Tokaido Hiroshige Museum → Gotemba”.
■The legend of Hagoromo at Miho no Matsubara: The well-known canned tuna company, Harakaromo Foods, also seems to have its head office in Shimizu Ward.
■A five-minute ropeway ride from Nihondaira took me to Kunouzan Toshogu Shrine.
It was built by the second shogun, Hidetada, after Ieyasu’s will that he be buried on Mt. Kunou, and after the first anniversary of his death, on Mt. Nikko.
It is said that Ieyasu spent 25 years in Suruga and was attached to the area.
As a resident of Niigata Prefecture, I was not familiar with the saying “Ichifuji ni nitaka san nasubi” (one,fuji, two, hawk, three, eggplant), which is a list of things that are said to bring good luck when seen in the first dream, but I agreed with the theory that “Fuji,” “hawk,” and “eggplant” were the favorite words of Ieyasu Tokugawa of Suruga.
Ieyasu was said to have liked Orito eggplant .
Fuji was clearly visible from the hotel in Gotemba.
It was my first visit to Gotemba since I went to Fuji Speedway more than half a century ago. (The name “Gotemba” is said to have originated from the Goten, a palace built by Tokugawa Ieyasu as an accommodation facility when he traveled between Sunpu and Edo.)
On the return trip, we passed through Gotemba to Yamanakako, encountered a large group of inbound tourists at Oshinohakkai, and took the Chuo Expressway, the Ken-O Expressway, and the Kan-etsu Expressway back home.
Strangely craving for good white rice, I had a motsu set meal at Echigo-Kawaguchi SA. (Although the sakura shrimps and tuna from Shizuoka were also delicious.)
After all, maybe Niigata, with its snow-covered roads and delicious rice, is the place to be?
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