Tashiro no Nanatsugama - Tokamachi

Rather than seeing the waterfall, it's more like enjoying the columnar joints that spread in front of you. Even if it is written in the picture, you can see only a little part of the kettle. And the artificial dam is really exciting. What is Tokamachi City thinking about spending money on this?

I went there on November 3rd. I wondered if the autumn leaves were a little early? I regretted that there was a road down from the parking lot and I thought that the water of the river would come in contact with me, so I had a dead end on the way.

It is a scenic spot with wonderful rocky areas and columnar joints in the mountains. Unfortunately, it seems that it collapsed considerably due to the earthquake, but the joints of the river against the rocks are still wonderful. I wanted to see it before it collapsed.

There are two parking lots, the first with a camping area and the second with a trail to see the waterfall. There is another trail but it was closed. The place is beautiful but with a trail it leaves nothing to be desired.

The road is narrow. Partly columnar joint-like artificial object. Sabo dam rather than waterfall. The grass is in the way and I can't see it very well. I want to know what it was before the collapse.

The road is narrow and access is not good. There was also a campsite on the way to the parking lot. The cliffs will collapse due to the disaster and it will be a safety measure. I couldn't get close to it. In this case, I should have brought a camera or telescope with a zoom function.

When you enter Nanatsugama Park, you will find a parking lot and a toilet on the right side. Campsite facilities on the left. If you go further, it has a structure called an observation parking lot. It is said that there is a part where the slope has collapsed due to typhoon No. 19 in the first year of Reiwa, and due to the collapse of the walking path, it is not possible to go from Nanatsugama Park to Benten-do. At the time of my visit, I passed the Nanatsugama Campground and stopped at a fairly wide observation parking lot. On the way down the stairs from there to the observation square, you can see a part of Nanatsugama below. Looking down from above, the position is halfway, so you can't see the whole thing. However, the thin columnar joints that appear to be regularly aligned in front of you are worth a look. Since it was stated that it was necessary to walk down a steep slope in order to see the waterfall up close on some website, is it possible to head toward the waterfall basin from the direction of Benten-do? I couldn't go to Benten-do this time, so if it's restored when I get closer again, I'd love to stop by. The Kama River, which is scattered in the mountain stream of the Kama River that flows out of the Naeba Mountains, has seven waterfalls and waterfall basins that are continuously composed of about 1 ㌔㍍, and is designated as a national scenic spot and natural monument. Neogene andesite is distributed in the geology around this area, and columnar joints are well developed in the andesite. The left bank of Kamakawa is a vertical layer, and the right bank is a cross-sectional layer, which is a very rare academic landscape. At the same time that andesite is hard, a waterfall was formed because it was vulnerable to mechanical destruction due to columnar joints, and a huge European hole, a waterfall jar, was formed under it. Columnar joints are developing in various directions, from vertical to horizontal, and it is said that such changes play a role in the formation of waterfalls and waterfall basins. These waterfalls are Benten Waterfall, Ninotaki, and Fudo Waterfall from the upstream. It is called Nakataki, Makinotaki, Kannontaki, and Mitaraitaki. The waterfall basin (kettle) has a depth of about 1.5 m to 6.3 m, and the Fudo Waterfall, which has the maximum depth and area, was a long time ago when a man broke his promise with Benzaiten and hit a "cast net". It is said that the "legend of Nanatsugama" that he lost his life after buying the wrath of the snake, the owner of the basin, is said to have been reported. Since the entire waterfall collapsed due to the landslide disaster in 1995, restoration was done, and in the fall of 1997, the nation's first sabo dam made of artificial rock was completed, and the shape restored to the shape close to the waterfall before the collapse is now. It seems to be in a state. In addition, the Nanatsugama Festival is held every year in mid-July, and the traditional performing art Tashiro Kagura is performed. Before I came here, I stopped by Kiyotsu Gorge, but in terms of appreciating the columnar joints, I felt that this was a terrible view. If you plan to visit Kiyotsu Gorge, you should definitely visit here. Perhaps because it was too late, or because there were no regular visitors, there were no people at all, so I was able to enjoy it leisurely.

It was a little lonely because there was nobody because it was a weekday, even though it was the right autumn leaves drive season ^ ^ 4th week of October It was just the right distance and weather for bike touring. It's nice that there is a waterfall-like flow when you go down the stairs ^ ^ It's a good distance to go from Niigata City because you can't easily meet this kind of scenery. It's still early in the autumn colors, but there was a place where I wanted to take a picture of Japanese pampas grass on the way ^ ^ After this, it's a day trip to Akiyamago ^ ^