| Pages | ||
|
Kiso '74 Kisoji, the Old Nakasendo, was the route the daimyos took to go to Edo. Tsumago was the town they stayed.
| |||
| Yamanashi | Nezame no toko (Urashima) | Kisoji | |
| Tsumago | |||
| Kiso '74. We went on our last trip as a family before Koichi got married. | |||
|
June 1974, we took afamily trip to Kiso Region.
| ||
|
_ds191001165027.jpg Vineyards in Yamanashi.  |
_ds191001165121.jpg Rice planting  |
_ds191001165214.jpg  |
|
_ds191001165309.jpg  |
_ds191001165637.jpg As a mountain country, Kiso is known for its lumber industry.  |
_ds191001165732.jpg  |
|
Nezae no toko, on the Kiso river, is a well known tourist spot for its beautiful rock formation.
| ||
|
_ds191001165827.jpg  |
_ds191001165951.jpg  |
_ds191001170243.jpg  |
|
_ds191001170338.jpg  |
_ds191001170510.jpg  |
_ds191001170605.jpg  |
|
_ds191001170828.jpg  |
_ds191001170922.jpg  |
_ds191001171016.jpg  |
|
_ds191001171111.jpg  |
_ds191001171320.jpg  |
_ds191001171415.jpg  |
|
The trip was in the rainy season in June. There was not many people and the walk on the Kisoji trail was beautiful.
| ||
|
_ds191001171522.jpg  |
_ds191001171615.jpg  |
_ds191002165831.jpg  |
|
_ds191002165927.jpg  |
_ds191002170020.jpg  |
_ds191002170114.jpg  |
|
_ds191002170348.jpg  |
_ds191002170442.jpg  |
_ds191002170537.jpg  |
|
_ds191002170633.jpg  |
_ds191002170924.jpg  |
_ds191002171018.jpg  |
|
_ds191002171113.jpg  |
_ds191002171219.jpg  |
_ds191002171449.jpg  |
|
_ds191002171544.jpg  |
_ds191002171639.jpg  |
_ds191002171732.jpg  |
|
_ds191002172000.jpg  |
_ds191002172053.jpg  |
_ds191002172147.jpg Baby swallows.  |
|
_ds191002172258.jpg We could see an old woman making Kiso horse from straws.  |
_ds191002172543.jpg Nice sugitama display.  |
_ds191002172637.jpg  |
|
_ds191002172732.jpg  |
_ds191002172827.jpg  |
_ds191002173046.jpg  |
|
_ds191002175111.jpg  |
_ds191002175310.jpg  |
|
|
The village of Tsumago is on the Kiso trail where the samurai daimyos stayed on their travels to and from Edo. It still takes one back to those days.
| ||
|
_ds191002173141.jpg  |
_ds191002173236.jpg  |
_ds191002173331.jpg  |
|
_ds191002173648.jpg  |
_ds191002173744.jpg  |
_ds191002173850.jpg  |
|
_ds191002173944.jpg  |
_ds191002174436.jpg  |
_ds191002174544.jpg  |
|
_ds191002174644.jpg  |
_ds191002174739.jpg  |
_ds191002175016.jpg  |
|
_ds191002175406.jpg  |
_ds191002175648.jpg  |
_ds191002175742.jpg  |
|
_ds191002175834.jpg  |
_ds191002175929.jpg  |
_ds191002180219.jpg These walls sticking out is called 'udatsu' to prevent fire from spreading next door.  |
|
_ds191002180314.jpg  |
_ds191002180409.jpg  |
_ds191002180503.jpg  |
|
_ds191002180757.jpg Various laws posted outside  |
_ds191002180853.jpg  |
_ds191002180948.jpg  |
|
_ds191002181043.jpg  |
||