砥石城登山口・駐車場

I had a hard time climbing from this trailhead. The road was difficult to understand due to the overgrown grass, and it was blocked by fallen trees, and when I followed the other road, it was in a different direction from the castle. It seems that there are two other entrances, so it is safer to use them.

On the prefectural road, find the information sign for "Tohoku Castle Trailhead" and proceed along the narrow road in the private house. There was a parking lot on the outskirts of a private house. The time is close to 4:00 in the evening. The sun is about to hide in the mountains. Of course I do not climb. I will climb a steep slope more than I expected. I wish I had time. While making an excuse, I passed immediately.

Since it is a long sentence, I will write the conclusion first "It's very difficult to find the way and it's easy to get lost, so we don't recommend entering or descending from this trailhead." April 2021 Climb from the side of the yaguramon entrance, which is the entrance to the main route, go around Yoneyama Castle, Toishi Castle, Honjo, and Masugata Castle (because there is no art if you piston as it is), and then descend to the trailhead of Hatayama through the hands of water. It was planned ‶ ”・ ・ ・ I often drive around here, so I knew that there was a trailhead for Toishi Castle (because there is a signboard along the highway), so it's light enough to go down here. I was feeling ... It was good up to the middle (Mizu no Te), but I couldn't understand the branch of the downhill road (overlooked) and continued on the forest road. It's just the edge of the locals, so I have some sense of land, and although the road is quite rough, there are heavy machinery of the forestry association, and in the past it was a forest road that would have been running if it was a light tiger. I wasn't worried while thinking "This is a different road" on the way, but it's a route that I can't recommend to anyone else. Especially as a course to choose when descending the mountain. I felt that the sign of the course for each branch was not well maintained in Toishi Castle as a whole, but this Hatayama and Yotaiji (Oteguchi) side (when you come down along the road without thinking about anything, it is positive. There is really no sign for the course branch on the route to get off (though there is no problem if you want to go down to Yotaiji side because it leads to Yotaiji). Later, I revisited the section from the trailhead to the fork (to see where I overlooked the fork and got lost), but said, "It's hard to split at first sight." Was honest. I would like you to urgently install the guidance display at this branch point. Because it's dangerous. In addition, it seems that about two cars can be parked in the parking lot space, but the road in the village of Hatayama leading to the parking lot is quite narrow, so I think that it is a bit difficult for larger cars to go here. I will. * 1. The course map in the attached image is processed based on the map posted near the "Whetstone / Yoneyama Castle Ruins Gate Gate". The section distance between ‶ branch 1 ”and ‶ branch 2” seems to be quite far on this map, but it is only about 100 to 150 meters apart. In particular, the location of ‶ branch 1 ”is very difficult to understand (especially in the mountains), so be careful when taking this road. * 2, Although it is a small detail, honestly, the map of the Ueda City Tourism Division is also a little different, and the real branch point is around the curve that bends in the shape of ">" on the lower side of the map (green circle). (Around the point in). There is a wooden utility pole and an electric wire at the point that curves to the left in the shape of>, and the electric wire goes down, which is a mark. If you somehow follow a vague and wide forest road, you will go straight to the side sun. If you go down a road that looks like a fairly narrow beast road, you will come to the trailhead (parking lot) of Hatayama. In addition, it can be said not only for this mountain trail but also for the entire Toishi castle, but since the soil is very slippery and there is a considerable slope, at least sneakers are better. I think you should also have gloves and work gloves.