Japan – 4K – Walking through Nangū Taisha and hiking Mt. Nangū – Tarui Town, Gifu
Walking around Japan’s Nangū Taisha and hiking up Mt. Nangū to Hidemoto’s encampment on a sunny and bright, but cold and chilly, afternoon in January.
Mt. Nangū is located in Tarui Town, which can itself be found about ten minutes or so from Gifu City by train. Tarui is a small town but with a big history, and several big battles took place there during and after the Sengoku period. In the video, starting from Tarui Station, I visit Nangū Taisha, literally, Nangū Grand Shrine, one of the oldest shrines in Japan, and walk around the….courtyard? I don’t know the correct nomenclature…..anyway, after that, I go up the mountain itself to view Mōri Hidemoto’s encampment, which has a rather wonderful view of Gifu prefecture and also Aichi. In the video, it’s a little difficult due to the haze, but it was possible to see Nagoya (at least, I think it was Nagoya) from the vantage point. Probably be even better in summer time, though I fear there’d be too many people there to get a good shot at the time…as it was, it was completely empty when I was there today. Anyway, I’ll put timestamps for the video down below, if you want to watch the whole thing, great! But I understand that it’s basically the length of a feature movie….so, yeah….until next time!
00:00 Tarui Station
02:18 View of Mt. Ibuki (and others)
02:48 Big Torii Gate and Shinkansen
03:08 Nangū Taisha
11:50 Various Shrines around Nangū
19:30 Distant view of the (much beloved) Yellow Shinkansen, Doctor Yellow
21:09 Walking the Torii Gates to Nangū Inari
27:02 Hiking Course Starts
01:08:11 Takayama Shrine
01:28:47 Reaching Mōri Hidemoto’s Encampment – Beautiful views of the Nōbi Plain