{"id":8701,"date":"2013-06-11T21:48:56","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T12:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morigen.net\/blog\/?p=8701"},"modified":"2018-08-30T23:36:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T14:36:44","slug":"2-kanayama-tunnels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morigen.net\/blog\/?p=8701&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"2 Kanayama Tunnels"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\r\nThere are 2 tunnels named “Kanayama Tunnel (\u91d1\u5c71\u30c8\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb, kanayama tonneru)” on the road in Minamifurano Town (\u5357\u5bcc\u826f\u91ce\u753a, minamihurano ch\u014d). Completion in

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\r\nWeather forecast anticipate temperature will be more 30\u2103, there is no any clouds in the sky, I start to go away from urban area of Kanayama to south with national road 237. the border between Minamifurano Town and Shimukappu Village (\u5360\u51a0\u6751, shimukappu mura) is Kanayama pass that has objective tunnel.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nEntrance of old road of Minamifurano side of Kanayama pass is this. There is old roads down here too but almost removed by current road.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nThe old road is gravel single lane. It curve right and left, but roughness is slight than I thought.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nIt have cut off by the current road, but the old road here was a big round route of small ridge avoidance.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nA gully cross the road that leave width to cars can through just barely. I was wondering if it is a town road or something because there is a wheel track, but had it abolished in documents because let go of this?<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI turn at the few Kanayama Pass hairpin curve.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI have arrived at Kanayama Pass. It pass watershed and connect Isolated Minamifurano Town and Isolated Shimukappu village with cutting elevation of 518m. Line shape changed by construction in

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\r\nAfter the pass, wheel track change completely in Shimukappu side, it be only animal trail.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nThere are happening 2 or 3 times like this, deers creates new single track on the occasion of happening.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nIt comes down until I can hear engine sound of the current road approaches, the old road be gravel again. This gravel road doesn’t go to pass but go to rill.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nLet ‘s put back firecrackers and bells because horn section ends. The road curves to left in the back of the photo.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nThe old road ends with join the current one.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nThe current road is using Kanayama Tunnel to pass Kanayama pass now. It’s newer Kanayama Tunnel that constructed on

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\r\nI had thought Kanayama Pass has 2 generation tunnels too, I looked very hard at old topographic map, but I couldn’t find it. So, I stop looking, and start to travel with wild fancy on the map, I find old Kanayama Tunnel. It’s in north of urban area of Kanayama. I didn’t need to go a long way round if I read the “Status survey report<\/CITE> (\u73fe\u6cc1\u8abf\u66f8<\/CITE>, genky\u014d ch\u014dsho)” properly and checked an address.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nLet’s look harder at old Kanayama tunnel. (fig. left) At first, road is upon the precipice, railroad is below the precipice. In this era, Kanayama Tunnel is a railroad tunnel below the precipice. (fig. middle left) The railroad moved current position. Kanayama Tunnel abolish temporarily. (fig. middle right) Instantly, the road moved to site of the railroad. Kanayama Tunnel come back again as road tunnel. (fig. right) At last, road moved current position too, this state is same with now. Kanayama Tunnel abolish again.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nThis morning, I go south from Kanayama, at afternoon go north on same road. The old road is branching at this side of the current road Midori Bridge (\u7dd1\u6a4b, midori bashi).<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nAmong sparsely reed bed, site of road is covered with thick bamboo grasses like harassment.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nBamboo grasses disappear soon at same time as I into woods. Sorachi River (\u7a7a\u77e5\u5ddd, sorachi gawa) closes from right, the precipice show up on left. Flat ground remained only just 1 traffic lane.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nit’s Iwashiri Bridge (\u3044\u308f\u3057\u308a\u306f\u3057, iwashiri hashi), constructed on

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\r\nWoods suddenly decreased. I can see bridge like arch on far, raises sense of expectation, but it’s misfortune if open my sight near precipice.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nIsn’t it?<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nThe road is buried completely under about 10m height talus. I look up to precipice, avalanche preventing fences are hanging, and everytime wind blows, attacked by new falling rocks. I look down, riverside is standing apeak so ground disappear and refuse adamantly detour role.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nFor this reason, I improved deer’s footstep to pass. As expected, I’m afraid by bike so I leave behind it.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI see Sorachi River incised meander from middle of traversing talus. The road and the railroad are through away with unimpeachable line shape, we don’t need imagine topography.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\n100m long gravel catwalk. Its end is a hole.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nThis is Kanayama Tunnel that completed in

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\r\nThe railroad opened here at

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\r\nIt seems to called Kanayama Tunnel too in railroad era, Kanayama Tunnel means this<\/A> now. Kanayama Tunnel moved and keeps living.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nImmediately after of the tunnel looks like ground, but it’s above the arch bridge that was visible from a distance. It is steg bridge that one side touches mountain.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nThere is a regular bridge in steg. It named Jokei Bridge (\u4e0a\u6e13\u6a4b, j\u014dkei hashi), completed on

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\r\nAbutments of Jokei Bridge are made by brick. It looks railroad.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nContinuing steg bridge is exposed roadbed and back side of parapet.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI try to see arch, I can see quadruple English bonded brick arch.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nThere are arched steg bridge 2 spans southern Jokei Bridge, and 7 spans northern. I think so. but it may mistake because woods cover.<\/SPAN> The road is start to keep former vegetation, woods cover my above, the precipice and the river go away.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI came back to the current road. The old road exist on right of blue sign that written “\u305d\u3089\u3061\u5ddd”. After this, I also recovered my bike by back to the gigantic talus, and left the site after.<\/P>\r\n

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\r\nI got topographic maps that referred today to watch sink Nemuro Main Line under the dam…but this season is full of water.<\/P>\r\n

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