Karuizawa West District
The closest to Mt. Asama
Why not visiting
Karuizawa's West District?
修験者が向かった浅間山
宿場町の栄華と衰退
行きかう旅人たちとの交流
文学者が愛し住んだ、美しい高原
宿場町の栄華と衰退
行きかう旅人たちとの交流
文学者が愛し住んだ、美しい高原
開発されたリゾート地だけではない
きらめく歴史が詰まっています
きらめく歴史が詰まっています
2,568 meters above sea level.
Mt. Asama is one of the most prominent volcanoes now active in Japan, with dignity, history, and uniqueness.
Lovely asama-fuuro (geranium soboliferum) blooms,
and woodpeckers and antelopes inhabit
at Mt. Asama, a treasure trove of precious nature.
Mt. Asama is always there.
Mt. Asama is one of the most prominent volcanoes now active in Japan, with dignity, history, and uniqueness.
Lovely asama-fuuro (geranium soboliferum) blooms,
and woodpeckers and antelopes inhabit
at Mt. Asama, a treasure trove of precious nature.
Mt. Asama is always there.
Seven areas in the West District
Enjoy Mt. Asama in 7 areas with full of charms
Oiwake地区
宿場町と石尊山
Ohinata地区
浅間山の大パノラマが広がる
Kariyado地区
旧中山道沿いに江戸の風情が残る
Mozawa地区
浅間山の向いに位置する緑豊かな丘
Mitsuishi地区
浅間山が一望できる
Karuizawa, “The Beautiful Village”
Reminiscence in Hindsight
My dreams always went back to a lonely village at the foot of the mountain
The breeze gently blew over the mizuhikigusa (polygonum filiforme)
The lark never ceased to sing
Over the forest path in the dead silent afternoon
The sun was pleasantly shining from the blue sky and the volcano was asleep
-----And I
Things I've seen, islands, waves, capes, sunlight and moonlight, I kept on talking
だKnowing no one was listening,……
The dreams will never go beyond
I thought I would forget everything
And when I've forgotten even I'd forgotten everything
My dreams will be frozen in midwinter's reminiscence.
And they will open the door into desolation,
To pass away on a star-strewn road.
My dreams always went back to a lonely village at the foot of the mountain
The breeze gently blew over the mizuhikigusa (polygonum filiforme)
The lark never ceased to sing
Over the forest path in the dead silent afternoon
The sun was pleasantly shining from the blue sky and the volcano was asleep
-----And I
Things I've seen, islands, waves, capes, sunlight and moonlight, I kept on talking
だKnowing no one was listening,……
The dreams will never go beyond
I thought I would forget everything
And when I've forgotten even I'd forgotten everything
My dreams will be frozen in midwinter's reminiscence.
And they will open the door into desolation,
To pass away on a star-strewn road.
Michizo Tachihara