The previous month reported on the story of Odawara-cho in Edo Nihonbashi, following the stone wall of Edo Castle's Ishichoba archeological site. I thought I had to actually climb, so I contacted the Ito City Tourism Association and climbed with the support of guides. . I will describe the struggle. (Road without Road, one side valley (Note)： Naturally, there is no fence) road, climbing up and down the road along the rope, etc., so climbing alone without a guide is very dangerous.)
Date and time: 9:00 Set on June 27, 2018
Meeting place: Usami Station on the Ito Line
Weather: Sunny, 31°C/24°C
Departing at the scheduled time, as shown in the map below, go through the stone quarry (Mt. Nako) course, see "Ecchunokami Hashiba Ishiba" at the top, and go down the stone quarry (Shiranamidai) course. However, there was an accident in which the companion lost his wallet on the way to climb the wallet and had to return to the same course for search. It was a trip to see the national historic site twice (although it was out of breath).
Departing from Usami Station, the party departs after grabbing the whole picture with the explanation board of Ishichoba beside the station! ! ！！ ！！ ！ We will first aim at Godo Park, which displays stones found in the Donoiri area.
In the "Donoiri" area, which we are aiming for in the future, a series of steps such as "digging stones", "breaking stones", "shaping stones", "engraving stones", "accumulation of completed stones", etc. Archaeological sites showing the process are concentrated. The above-mentioned castle stone was found near the sabo dam in the cave entrance area, and is stored and released in Godo Park near the cave entrance area. The engraving is called "three characters on Orishiki", and it can be seen that the Inaba family of Usuki in Kyushu uses the same engraving at Osaka Castle.
Next, head to Usami Gakuen, Chuo Ward (545 Usami, Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture). Previously, it was close to Usami Station, but moved to the foot of Nako. From this school, head to the "Edojo Ishichoba Ruins Hiking Course". (I didn't know that I would continue along the road without roads, so I started climbing vigorously.) Even if I started climbing and regret it later. The stone written as "Edo Castle Ishichoba Ruins" written by the 18th head of the Tokugawa family, Tsunetaka Tokugawa, was visible on the left, but I can't pay attention.
The road going up along the rope (Cliff?) A narrow road with a valley on one side (difficult if it falls) continues. You can't afford to walk on such a road, so you can't take a photo. I can't go up gradually.
The next photo probably seems to be the path of pulling stones at that time. This "stone pulling road" seems to have continued in a shape that was dug down from the surrounding ground through the side of the area considered to be the work place. Stones like the photo are rolling on the side, upward and downward of the road without road.
There are countless stones engraved with various marks, such as those that seem to be the seal of the daimyo family and those that do not know what the mark is. Some may be a sign of a mason who worked at work. According to a survey by the Ito City Board of Education, more than 30 types have been found so far. A list of the characteristics of the stone stamp found at Mt. Nako and Donoiri climbed this time is listed. There are interesting engravings such as "Manji", "On the top", "Mitsukushi Dango", and "Yahazu". "Three characters in Orishiki" is also contained.
There are countless "arrow hole stones" that remain after the "arrow hole" that broke the stone. Special skills are required to use natural stones dug out from the soil for the stone walls of Edo Castle. We use the nature of the stone to break it as we wish.
When I climbed, I finally arrived at the top around 12:00. It is a stone quarry of "Ecchunokami Hashiba (Tadaoki Hosokawa)". About 1 hour for lunch and break. The wind is strong and you can't stand at the top. (Because there are no convenience stores or shops, you need to bring a lunch box.)
A companion from Tokyo began to say, "I dropped my wallet," so I changed my schedule to return via Hakunamidai in a hurry and decided to return on the outbound route. (Because no people came into such a mountain, my wallet was found safely.)
I was tired on the outbound route, and the downhill was also hard. While rolling 4 to 5 times, he returned to Edo Castle Ishichoba archeological site. Take a commemorative photo.
The left and right in the back row of the photo are guides of the Ito City Tourism Association, and I have a cane. The guide leader couldn't see the exhaustion and lent me a cane, so I managed to go downhill. There is plenty of room for a guide in Ito City!
Arrival at Usami Station 14:30 Dissolution
[Reflection]
When going to a guide with such climbing, I felt that the following points should be noted:
1) Don't bring a heavy object like a single-lens reflex camera. Even rucksacks are a burden when climbing. → It is dangerous if you do not concentrate on climbing and descending, so it is impossible to shoot with a large camera, so there is no point to bring it.
2) The jeans are not suitable because they clung around when the legs are raised during the sweat season. I feel more tired.
We hope that you will look at the blog and be interested in climbing the "Edo Castle Ishigaki Ishichoba Ruins".
We plan to try again in early November, but considering the results of this trial, it will be about half of the climbing we reported this time so that I can participate softly.
