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巻機山は何度も登りたくなる魅力的な山です。何度か登ってそのたびに新たな発見があります。登山道には豊かなブナ林が広がり、頂上付近には広い池塘も見られます。春には長い沢筋をスキーで滑り降りた記憶も強く残っています。また、稜線から眺める秋の紅葉は見事なものです。

魚沼平野は、信濃川の一時支川である魚野川が貫く盆地であり、霧が発生しやすい場所でもあります。初冬の朝、深い霧の向こうから巻機山に朝日が差し始める光景は幻想的です。群馬県との県境に位置する巻機山は、冬に積もる多くの雪によって関東や新潟に豊かな水の恵みをもたらしてくれています。

撮影は、旧小出町と旧堀之内町を結ぶ魚沼丘陵の峠付近からです。

Makiki-yama is a fascinating mountain that you will want to climb again and again. You can climb it several times and discover something new each time. There are rich beech forests along the trail and a large pond near the summit. I have strong memories of skiing down the long stream in spring. The autumn leaves seen from the ridgeline are magnificent.

The Uonuma Plain is a basin through which the Uono River, a temporary tributary of the Shinano River, flows, and it is also a place where fog tends to form. On early winter mornings, the sight of the morning sun beginning to shine over Makiki-yama from behind the deep fog is a fantastic sight. Makiki-yama, located on the border with Gunma Prefecture, brings an abundance of water to Kanto and Niigata thanks to the large amount of snow that accumulates there in winter.

The photo was taken from near the pass on the Uonuma Hills that connects the former Koide Town and the former Horinouchi Town.

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©️photo by Nakamura Osamu