Akazawa Forest Railway

Akazawa Forest Railway

Info

  • Address:
  • Ogawa Immigration Forest, Agematsu-cho, Kiso-gun, Nagano
  • Public Transportation:  
JR Agematsu Station → 30 minutes by car; or Ontake Kotsu Bus 30 minutes to Akazawa Natural Resting Forest, stop off, walk
  • Car Access:  
From Ina IC on Chuo Expressway, 53km 1 hour 30 minutes via National Route 361 and 19
  • Phone Number:  
  • 0264-52-1133 (Agematsu Town Tourism Association)
  • Parking Number:  
220 units/ordinary car 600 yen

Business Hours

Late April-early November service (closed on track maintenance day), operation time must be inquired

Price

Round-trip 800 yen (summer vacation is separate)

Spot Category

Tourist Railway Cable Car Torco


Autumn forest railway

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Akazawa Forest Museum

A museum located in the Akazawa Natural Rest Forest. It displays tools related to forestry, and introduces the history of forest resources and forestry. You can learn more about the Akazawa-no-Mori, Kiso-no-Mori, which has been managed as a sacred tree of the Ise Shrine since ancient times, and the forestry represented by the middle ride of Kiso. In addition, there is also a corner to introduce animals of the forest.

Sleeping Floor Art Park

A park that stretches across the flat on the left bank, a little down the Kiso River from the floor of the sleep. In connection with the legend of Taro Urashima, you can enjoy a walk while admiring granite monuments and objects made with the theme of time. The eye-catching is a huge sundial monument in the center of the park. It is a work of art by the pioneer of environmental art, Akira Kaku, and it is a work of art that calculates the fluctuation of the Earth's axis of rotation. There are also works that get motifs from the Urashima legend, such as the Tamate Box and the Dragon Palace Gate, so it is interesting to look around while adding interpretations to each of them.

Kiso's Loko

Rong (historical site), known for its "Pao no Asaka", one of the Kiso Hakkei. It is a difficult place on Nakasendo, which has become a song pillow as a dangerous thing since ancient times. It used to be a 100m long road with only a round of wood and planks along the cliff, but it was burned down in the early Edo period and was later converted into a stone-kumen. At present, the old national highway runs over the Rō, leaving only a part of the stone wall.

Kōtoku-ji Temple

An ancient temple of the Rinzai sect, located on a high ground overlooking the townscape. Kaesan was in the year of Meiyo 9 (1500). In Kyoho 10 (1725), the main hall, which was erected by the Hayashi family, includes the Uguisu-tsuku corridor, the Yamaoka Tetsushu flat-profile, and the Owari Tokugawa family's basket. The back of the back [kuri] next to the main hall houses a basket with a car devised by the priest in the Tenpo years. In the shrine under the entrance stone steps, Enmei Jizo, which is said to save women, is celebrated. As the festival approaches in April, the stone gets wet at night due to the temperature difference between day and night. The Honson Yakushi Nyorai was by a Buddhist master, Kiyama, of Gyeongsang 4 (1599). Chubu 49 Yakushi No. 21.

Myokaku-ji Temple

The ancient temple of the Rinzai Myoshin-ji school, which is lined with the main temple and the Jōō-dō and the bell-roomon. It is said to be about 700 years ago, but was rebuilt in Kyoho 11 (1726) after it was destroyed by fire. The gardens are well-maintained, and the flowers of the four seasons add color. The main hall was rebuilt in 2018 for aging.

Hakusan Shrine

Natural wood of cypress and cedar thrives on the grounds. The four shrines (important cultural property) of Kumano, Izu, Hakusan, and Zao, which are about 1m away from the side where the bills of the first year of Kenbu (1334) remain inside the Okiya in Ishigaki (Oiya). All of them are considered to be the oldest Kamakura architecture in Nagano Prefecture, which is characterized by the roof of Ichikensha style cypress skin. The entrance with the inscription of 1439 was left behind, indicating that it was the center of the culture of Kiso Valley.

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