山あり谷あり川あり・・

信濃川と魚野川の合流地点から少し下流に位置するこの場所は、高い所から眺めると、河岸段丘に囲まれた信濃川がまるで谷のように見えます。信濃川や魚野川が平野部へと流れ出す小千谷や川口周辺の風景は、複雑で立体的な地形が特徴的です。信濃川が蛇行する様子も、段丘の高台から一望できます。

「小千谷」という地名からも分かるように、新潟県内でも特に変化に富んだ地形が広がっており、風景撮影を楽しむには絶好の場所です。棚田、信濃川、魚野川、山、霧、雪などに加え、春夏の花畑や夏祭りの花火も素晴らしい被写体となります。

撮影地点は、中越地震の震央のすぐ近くにあたり、信濃川流域の多様な地形は、地震が比較的多いこととも関連しているのでしょう。地震後、長岡市と合併した川口町では、震度7を記録しました。

Located slightly downstream from the confluence of the Shinano River and the Uono River, this spot offers a view of the Shinano River, surrounded by river terraces, which looks like a valley when viewed from above. The landscape around Ojiya and Kawaguchi, where the Shinano River and Uono River flow into the plains, is characterized by complex and three-dimensional terrain. The meandering Shinano River can also be seen from the high ground of the terraces.

As the name “Ojiya” suggests, this area has some of the most varied terrain in Niigata Prefecture, making it an ideal location for landscape photography. In addition to terraced rice fields, the Shinano River, the Uono River, mountains, fog, and snow, the flower fields in spring and summer and the fireworks at summer festivals also make for wonderful subjects.

The photography location is situated near the epicenter of the Chuetsu Earthquake, and the diverse terrain of the Shinano River basin may be related to the relatively high frequency of earthquakes in the area. Following the earthquake, Kawaguchi Town, which later merged with Nagaoka City, recorded a seismic intensity of 7.

EOS5DmarkⅡ 115mm 　13秒　f:11

©️photo by Nakamura Osamu