Pottering of a bicycle in CHIBA & MITO. Vol.２

Inubozaki Lighthouse was built under the design and supervision of British lighthouse technician and was lit in 1874.  There is no elevator, and it is necessary to take the stairs of 99 steps which are said to have originated from Kujukuri Beach.  There is a height of 52 meters from sea surface, and it will light up to 19.5 nautical miles (about 35 kilometers).  (Photo / Inubozaki Lighthouse seeing from Kimigahama Beach)

犬吠埼灯台は、イギリス灯台技師の設計・施工監督のもとに建造され明治７年（1874）に点灯された。エレベータはなく、九十九里浜に由来したといわれる99段の階段を上らなくてはならない。水面から52㍍の高さがあり、19.5海里（約35㎞）先を照らす。（写真／君ヶ浜からのみる犬吠埼灯台）

We entered Choshi City from the coastal road.  It arrives at Choshi Station when passing in front of a famous soy sauce maker.  The station building was originally a hangar at the airport so the ceiling is high.  From Inubou Station to Choshi Station, the distance We rode a bicycle is about 10 kilometers.  In the weather forecast, rain was forecast, however it was never caught in the rain.  We checked into a hotel in front of the station and first relax by taking a shower.  After that, we drank sake happily in the tavern near the station.

海岸沿いの道から銚子の市街地に入り、有名な醤油メーカーの前を過ぎると銚子駅に着く。駅舎はもともと飛行場の格納庫を改造した名残で天井が高い。犬吠駅から銚子駅までの自走距離は約10㎞。天気予報では局地的な雨も予想されたが、一度も降られることはなかった。駅前のホテルにチェックインし、先ずはシャワーを浴び寛ぐ。その後、本日の反省会を兼ね、近くの居酒屋で地元の魚に舌鼓を打つ。

friday,September 5,2008

Yesterday, when We saw from the observatory of the Inubouzaki, the Tone River was too big and We misunderstood it as a cove somewhere.  So, the estuary is so wide.  Tone River is the second longest 322 kilometers river in Japan. Flowing from the Minakami Town in Gunma Prefecture to the Pacific Ocean through Kanto Plain, originating from the Echigo Mountain Range.  Cycling roads run side by side along the Tone River.  (Photo / Choshi Ohashi Bridge, the most downstream in Tone River)
昨日、犬吠埼の展望台から見たとき、利根川が大き過ぎて、どこかの入り江と勘違いした。それほど河口は広い。利根川は越後山脈を源に群馬県のみなかみまちから、関東平野を蛇行しながら、太平洋に注ぐ、信濃川に次ぐ全長322㎞の河川。利根川沿いにはサイクリングロードが並行する場所が多い。（写真は銚子大橋。利根川最後の橋）

We leave Choshi Station early in the morning, and take the JR Sobu Line and JR Narita Lines to Sawara Station (photo) changed.  The town of Sawara, famous for it is Suigo zone, retains the townscape of the Edo period.  The shop along the Ono River is not open yet, however it will be seen by tourists get on the boat during the day.
朝早くから銚子駅を発ち、総武本線と成田線を乗り継いで佐原駅（写真）まで輪行する。水郷で有名な佐原のまちは江戸時代のまち並みを残す。小野川沿いの店はまだ開店していないが、日中には観光客が舟遊びに興じるはずだ。

Sawara is a place where lived in Mr. Tadataka Ino who surveyed all over the country to draw a map of Japan according to an order from the Edo shogunate, there is a memorial hall.  Tadataka went to Edo after the age of 50 and studied Western astronomy, Western mathematics, astronomical observation, calendar, etc, and accomplished this big project by closing the life of 71 years old.
佐原は、江戸幕府からの要請により、日本地図を描くため全国各地を測量した伊能忠敬のゆかりの地で、旧宅や記念館がこの付近にある。忠敬は、隠居後50才を過ぎてから江戸に出て、幕府天文方で、西洋天文学・西洋数学・天文観測学・暦学などを学び、その後、71歳の生涯を閉じるまでの晩年に、この大事業を成し遂げた。

It reaches the Tone River when the Suigo zone is run by the bicycle as it is.  Because there is a cycling road on the right bank of Tone River, it runs as it is to Katori station.  We ride a bicycle slowly according to the flow of a leisurely river.  Unfortunately, the river is not so beautiful.  The distance We ran a bicycle from Sawara Station to Katori Station was about 7 kilometers.
水郷地帯をそのまま下ると利根川にぶつかる。右岸を自転車道が走行しているので、香取駅までそのまま走行する。ゆったりとした川の流れに合わせ、ゆっくりと走行する。残念ながら川はあまり綺麗とはいえない。佐原駅から香取駅までの自走距離は約７㎞。

From Katori Station, We will take the Kashima Line with a total length of 17.4 kilometers.  It crosses the Tone River, and wants Kasumigaura, and arrives at Kashima Jingu Station when passing through the side of Kitaura. Transfer from the station to Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line.  The Kashima Rinkai Railway was opened in 1969 as a land transport in the industrial area, funded by Japanese National Railways, Ibaraki Prefecture, and corporations.  The Kashima Rinkai line extending south from Kashima football stadium station is mainly cargo transport.  The Oarai Kashima Line line connecting the Mito station from the station is used for local commuting and commuting as a regional route of 53 kilometers.
香取駅から、全長17.4㎞と短いJR鹿島線に乗車。利根川を渡り、霞ヶ浦を望み北浦の横を通り抜け、鹿島神宮駅に到着し、鹿島臨海鉄道大洗鹿島線に乗り継ぐ。鹿島臨海鉄道はもともと鹿島臨海工業地帯の陸上輸送として、当時の国鉄や茨城県、進出企業が出資し、昭和44年（1969）に開通した。今も鹿島サッカースタジアム駅から南に延びる鹿島臨海線は貨物輸送を主としている。同駅から水戸駅を結ぶ大洗鹿島線は、53㎞の地方路線として地域の通勤・通学を担っている。

The train stops only when there is a match, passes through the Kashima Soccer Stadium Station.  Formally, this is the JR Kashima line until this station, from here to the Mito Station will become the Kashima Rinkai Railway Oarai Kashima Line.  We look at the view from the window, I can see the football stadium (photo left).  It is the home stadium of Kashima Antlers of the J League team.
試合があるときだけ、停まる臨時駅・鹿島サッカースタジアム駅を通過。正式には、この駅までがJR鹿島線で、ここから水戸までが鹿島臨海鉄道大洗鹿島線になる。後の窓から流れ行く景色を眺めていると、スタジアムが見える（写真左奥）。いわずと知れたJリーグ・鹿島アントラーズのホームスタジアムだ。

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