Ashio famous copper mine.

Ashio there is a famous copper mine town.

According to the record, the copper mine was discovered in the 16th century.

Furukawa Ichibei comes to do mine development in 1877, and it is after that an Ashio copper mine became famous.

The Ashio copper mine modernized with many new technologies.

There was became a much volume of production in the Orient in 1893.

However, pollution became the problem with production to increase.

The sulfurous acid gas killed all the trees of the mountain.

In addition, drainage including the heavy metal caused the water pollution of the lower basin and soil pollution of the farmland.

The problem of the drainage was able to be settled in 1897.

The measures of the sulfurous acid gas were very difficult and have taken it until 1956.

The Ashio copper mine was closed in 1973.

More than 38,000 people worked by most time, but the current population is 2,800.

Country,prefecture, Furukawa and a lot of volunteers plant it with trees now.

Green gradually returned to the mountain.

Autumn in NIKKO

I went to a hiking in NIKKO with my friend Andrej who comes from Slovakia,

and japanese friend on 10th of Oct.

We gathered in the Akanuma parking lot at 6:00 a.m.

The temperature was 2 degrees Celsius, very cold morning.

The reason that gathered in such early time is because

a lot of people gather for colored leaves sightseeing.

We took ODASHIROGAHARA, SENJYUGAHAMA, SAINOKO lake

for about 6 hours and enjoyed hiking.

The autumn colors of nikko began,

but the colored leaves which had begun to turn red and yellow were beautiful.

Lake Chyuzenji, view from SENJYUGAHAMA.

Jumping !

He cannot jump.

Because he is 2 years old.

Lunchtime in SAINOKO Lake.

The lunchtime of the ox.

A warterfall called KIRIFURINO-TAKI.

Senjogahara Plateau in NIKKO

I went to The Yukawa-River that streamed down Senjogahara Plateau on 20th of Sep. for fly fishing.

The Senjogahara Plateau is the marshland of 400ha, which is located on the altitude of 1400m.

Yukawa RIver is my most favorite river.

Length of the river is 12.4km. It starts from flow of Yutaki waterfall, which is located on the south of Lake Yunoko. Then it passes Ryuzu waterfall, and becomes river of Jigoku (Hell). Finally, it flows into the shore of Shobugahama of Lake Chuzenji. It flows the westside of Senjogahara Plateau in zigzag direction north and south.

The first fly fishing was Yukawa River in Japan.
Because it is it, Yukawa River is called the Bible of the fly fishing.