【Tochimoto Village along Karisaka Road】 June 2001
Oil Painting １５F 53.0×65.2cm Lakhan
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【Tochimoto Village along Karisaka Road】 June 2001
Oil Painting １５F 53.0×65.2cm Lakhan
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The scenery of Tochimoto-Village located at the end of Chichibu-area in
Saitama Prefecture seen from the old Route 140 around the point where
a checkpoint barrier used to be placed more than hundred years ago.
This route used to cross over a moutain pass so called "Karisaka-Pass" only
before the "Karisaka-Tunnel", the longest road tunnel in Japan, was cored
out through Kanto-mountans in 2000 between Saitama Pref. and Yamanashi Pref.. The earth sand from the tunnel was
carried to the "Showa Kinen Park" located in the west of Tokyo to be
mounted to a small hill, the quantity of earth sand of which exceeds that
of "Nintoku-Emperor's Memorial Hill" and became the highest land point in
Tachikawa City.
Karisaka-Pass, which means " pass where migrating wild gooses fly over", has its long history in Japan.
For example, the oldest history of it tells us that Prince of Yamato-Takeru, a legendary hero of
Yamato Imperial Court more than 1500 years ago, entered into Musashino crossing over Karisaka-Pass.
Tochimoto Village is located along the steep V-shaped valley, the houses looking like
clinging onto the steep slope of the mountain.
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