東青(廃村) 福井県池田町 Higashiao, An Abandoned Village in Ikeda Fukui, Japan [4K Binaural]
福井県池田町の山あいにひっそりと佇む東青（ひがしあお）の集落は、名瀑「龍双ヶ滝」のほぼ真上に位置しています。かつてコウゾやミツマタの栽培、斜面でのオウレン栽培が盛んだった山村でした。
村は明治期には人びとが暮らしており、小学校の分教場も開設されていたものの、昭和30年代〜40年代にかけて豪雨・豪雪をきっかけに人口が急速に減少し、やがて離村となりました。その後、この山中の地は一時「東青キャンプ場」として活用されていたこともあったようですが、現在はわずかに数棟の作業小屋のような建物が朽ちた姿を見せています。
Higashiao (Abandoned Village) — Ikeda Town, Fukui [4K Binaural]
Hidden deep in the mountains of Ikeda Town, Fukui Prefecture, the settlement of Higashiao once stood almost directly above the stunning Ryūsōga Falls. Centuries ago, this remote village thrived on the cultivation of kōzo and mitsumata, and on orien (a mountain herb) grown on steep slopes.
By the mid-20th century, however, heavy snowfall and difficult access triggered a rapid population decline. Although a branch school once operated here, the village was eventually abandoned during the 1950s-60s. Later, the site briefly served as a camp ground, but today only a few work-shack-like structures remain, quietly weathering the years.
Date: June 2025
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7:45 English translation for the information board:
Higashiao Campsite, Designated by the Prefecture
In the late Taisho era (c. 1912-1926), the settlement flourished as an agricultural and forestry community, counting over a dozen households and having a branch school attended by thirty students. After that, starting in the early Showa era (c. 1926-1989), the branch school was open only in winter, and life came to depend on charcoal making. Following the heavy rainfall of Showa 36 (1961) and the heavy snowfall of Showa 38 (1963), ＿＿＿＿ currently, not a single household ＿＿＿＿ became. (The blanks represent the illegible parts of the original text.)
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