The Tsukioresan-Nantai Traverse

Area represented in the Diet by Kajiyama Hiroshi, son of Kajiyama Seiroku (the "gunjin" of Tanaka Makiko's famous "gunjin, bonjin, henjin" assessment of the choices in the 1998 LDP presidential race).

Daigo Township:
area: 325.8 sq. kms
population in 1955: 42,124 in 7,779 households
population in 2006: 22,103 in 7,337 households

Fukuroda Falls
Daigo Township, Ibaraki Prefecture
March 4, 2007

Creeper up a Trunk
Daigo Township, Ibaraki Prefecture
March 4, 2007

Burnt snag atop Tsukioresan (423m)
Daigo Township, Ibaraki Prefecture
March 4, 2007

Mt. Nantai (654m)
Daigo Township, Ibaraki Prefecture
March 4, 2007

Kamiogawa Station at 17:42
Daigo Township, Ibaraki Prefecture
March 4, 2007

Near the border between Ibaraki and Fukushima Prefectures on the Suigun Line. Six and a half hours with a lunch break; concrete steps until saddle, rugged trail thereafter; with huge trees. Cheapest fare is 5900 yen roundtrip. Far out--three and a half hours out by JR local train from Ueno with a layover in Mito.

Photo credits: MTC