谷集落(限界集落)と不動滝 福井県勝山市北谷 Tani, Fudotaki Waterfall and Village, Katsuyama Fukui [4K Binaural]
この動画は、福井県勝山市北谷町にある谷集落（たに）と、すぐ近くにある不動滝（ふどうたき）を、2025年7月に4K映像とバイノーラル音声で記録したものです。谷集落は、石川県白山麓の白峰（旧牛首村）と勝山を結ぶ歴史ある山道「牛首道」沿いにある小規模な集落で、2020年の国勢調査では4人・4世帯が暮らす現存する高度過疎集落（限界集落）です。
集落から徒歩5分ほど下ると、落差約10mの不動滝が現れます。渓谷の中に静かに流れ落ちる滝の横には、勝山市指定の文化財・石造不動明王像が祀られています。その歴史は、大本山平泉寺の修験者による白山信仰の影響を示す重要な遺構でもあります。
この映像では、山間の暮らしの残響と、滝の響きをリアルに収録し、歴史の気配を感じさせる散策体験をお届けします。
This video presents Tani Village, a small mountain settlement in Kitadani, Katsuyama City, Fukui, and the nearby Fudō Waterfall, filmed in July 2025.
Tani is one of several tiny hamlets that survive along the historic Ushikubi Road, which once connected Katsuyama to Shiramine (formerly Ushikubi Village) at the foot of Mount Hakusan. As of the 2020 census, the village was home to just 4 residents in 4 households.
A short walk downhill from the settlement leads to Fudō Waterfall, about 10m high. Beside the waterfall sits a stone statue of Fudō Myōō, designated as a cultural asset of Katsuyama City. The site reflects the region’s history in Shugendō practices and Hakusan faith, carried out by ascetics from Heisen-ji temple.
Through visuals and ambient sounds, this footage immerses the viewer in shadowed mountain culture, natural soundscapes, and the echoes of a faith-infused rural heritage.
0:00 伊良神社 Ira Shrine
2:10谷の石畳道
4:40 不動明王像 Fudo Myoou Statue
5:07 不動滝 Fudōdaki waterfall
9:15 谷集落 Tani Village
19:13谷教会 Tani Temple
21:30 北谷道具博物館（旧北谷郵便局） Kitadani Tool Museum (Former Post Office)
Date: 18th July 2025
Weather: 32 °C Broken clouds.
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4:45 Fudō Myōō Statue – Katsuyama City Designated Cultural Property – Stone Statue
Fudō Myōō is considered to be an incarnation of Dainichi Nyorai, and is said to crush people's worldly desires with his fierce angry expression and provide salvation. The stone statue, which holds a sword in its right hand and a rope for rescuing people in its left hand, has an inscription that reads "Tenbun 20th year (1551) July auspicious day, Shigemyō Gon-Shōsōzu." It is believed to have been enshrined beside Fudō Falls by a monk who was practicing during the late Muromachi period. In the Tani district, there was a great fire on August 11, Taishō 14 (1925), and since then, this Fudō Myōō has been worshipped as a deity of fire prevention.
12:34 Charcoal Road
This road connects to the former Nakanomata settlement and was historically used for transporting charcoal and forest products. It was also used as a school route to the former Nakanomata branch school and for mail delivery.
～Overview of Forest Amenity Facility Development Project～
Based on the concept that "the entire region is a museum," Katsuyama City has been promoting the Ecomuseum project since 2000 (Heisei 12). The Kitatani district has many natural and historical heritage sites, but each heritage site is separated by mountains and rivers. Through this project, walking trails have been developed to connect these heritage sites so that visitors can fully enjoy the nature of the Kitatani district.
21:56 Cultural Properties of Tani District
The Tani district contains many historical heritage sites, including artifacts related to Hakusan Shugendō (mountain asceticism), ruins that tell the history of the Ikkō-ikki uprisings of the late medieval period, and historical sites showing exchanges with Kaga Province.
As an artifact related to Hakusan Shugendō, there is the stone Buddha "Seated Fudō Myōō Statue" with an inscription from Tenbun 20th year (1551), enshrined near Fudō Falls. During the medieval period, ascending Mount Hakusan for religious training was popular, and this Fudō Falls is considered to have been a training ground on the way to Mount Hakusan.
The ruins known to be related to the Ikkō-ikki uprisings are the Tani Castle ruins. The local Ira Shrine is said to be located on this site. In the late medieval period, the last forces of the Ikkō-ikki remained in the foothills of Mount Hakusan, and Tani Castle was one of their strongholds. Oda Nobunaga, aiming for national unification, entered Echizen to suppress the Ikkō-ikki of the Hakusan foothills and entrusted the entire province of Echizen to his retainer Shibata Katsuie. Shibata Yoshinori, a member of Katsuie's clan, entered the Katsuyama area and fought fiercely against the Ikkō-ikki forces centered around Nishiwaki Sōzaemon of Tani. Near Fudō Falls, there is an "Onishi" (grudge stone) where Shibata Yoshitaka is said to have angrily stabbed the stone with his sword due to Nishiwaki Sōzaemon's schemes. Yoshitaka was soon killed by Sōzaemon, and his grave is located near "Katsuyama Children's Village Elementary and Junior High School."
The historical site showing exchanges with Kaga is the stone pavement laid on the old Ushikubi Road. In addition to these historical heritage sites, the Tani district also preserves many natural heritage sites, including the zelkova tree grove at Ira Shrine and beech forests.