平沢第一露営地

Nothing

There is nothing special! There was no inspiration.

I came by car from Aomori to Hirasawa, but I was surprised that I could come here in the blizzard.

It is said that the 5th Regiment of the Aomori Infantry of the Imperial Japanese Army dug a snow pit and went out to the public around 20:30 on January 23, 1902.

The autumn leaves season has passed because it was late, but the road to this point is beautiful. After this, proceed to Dozo Chaya-Sukayu Onsen-Lake Towada at the end.

The 5th Aomori Regiment, which departed from the Aomori Regiment station (where Aomori High School is currently located) at 6:55 on January 23, 1902, arrived at this place about 18km ahead at around 20:15 and was almost in distress. It was a situation where it was open to the public. A snow cave with a depth of 2.5 m and a size of about 6 tatami mats was built, and about 40 people were crowded in each, and it did not go well to keep warm. At 30:30, we will leave to go home in a blizzard with a temperature of -20 degrees and a wind speed of 29m. It is the beginning of the tragedy of the snow march distress case, which was the subject of Jiro Nitta's novel "Death March on Mount Hakkoda". I actually walked from Aomori High School to this point in the beginning of autumn, but I arrived in a little over 5 hours with a break on the way. Even if you look at the Google map, it is almost straight, the slope is not so much, and in fact it arrived without difficulty in the preliminary exercises where the weather was good, and it is no wonder that there was a chance that the carelessness that was not thoroughly prepared could enter. Currently, it is covered with beech forest, and if there is no sign of "Hirasawa Daiichi Open-air Land", there is no evidence at all, so do you really want to open-air in such a place? I couldn't help thinking. At that time, the beech forest had hardly grown and had few landmarks, so it seems that it was almost a world of white silver. I feel the horror of winter mountains.