🇯🇵 下荒谷 (廃村) 福井県池田町 Shimo-Aratani, Abandoned Village in Ikeda Fukui Japan 2025 [4K Binaural]
廃村・下荒谷の撮影は二回目である。一度目は2021年の春に訪れ、撮影をした。その時には神社(2:41)は損傷が酷かったが、まだなんとか建っていて、形をのこしていた。しかし残念ながらその動画は火事により消失してしまったので、見せることができない。この村は足羽川ダムの工事に伴い、現在は通行止め区間にあるため自動車等で到達することはできない。私は自転車で向かった。道の途中では山菜採りに来たという数人の地元の人々に出会った。
故郷の牌 (8:10)
西暦1020年頃、利右、善顧坊、平鍋が平泉寺より下荒谷、三字二拾番地へ移住開村。その後二十五世帯百五十余人、僅かな田畑の耕作と養蚕、製炭で生計の山村。一九三五年東京の曽木氏が福寿鉄業（株）を設立、金鉱山再間。従業員二百余人と家族、医師、理容師が在住。これが大平洋戦争開戦で金の霊要変動により十年間足らずで閉鎖。その後、時代の変遽と一九六ー年の水害、一九六三年の豪雪により一九七五年を最後に、九百余年間の郷を後に村人全員各地へ移住。
西暦二〇〇七年八月下荒谷八幡神社
愛宕神社 池田町水海の鶏甘神社へ合祀
This is my second time filming the abandoned village of Shimo-Aratani. I first visited and filmed in the spring of 2021. At that time, the shrine (2:41) was severely damaged but was still standing and retained its form. Unfortunately, that footage was lost in a fire, so I cannot show it. Due to construction work on the Asuwa River Dam, this village is now in a closed-off section and cannot be reached by car or other vehicles. I went by bicycle. Along the way, I encountered several local people who said they had come to forage for wild vegetables.
Hometown Marker (8:10) English Translation:
Around 1020 AD, Riemon, Zenkobō, and Hiranabe migrated from Heisenji Temple to Shimo-Aratani, Aza Nijūban-chi and established the village.
Later, twenty-five households with over 150 people made their living in this mountain village through cultivating small rice paddies and fields, sericulture, and charcoal production. In 1935, Mr. Sogi from Tokyo established Fukuju Iron Industry Co., Ltd. and reopened the gold mine. Over 200 employees and their families, along with doctors and barbers, resided there. However, this operation closed in less than ten years due to changes in gold demand with the outbreak of the Pacific War.
Subsequently, due to the changes of the times, flood damage in 1961, and heavy snowfall in 1963, all villagers relocated to various places after 1975, leaving behind their hometown of over 900 years.
August 2007 AD: Shimo-Aratani Hachiman Shrine and Atago Shrine were enshrined together at Keikan Shrine in Mizuumi, Ikeda Town.
Date: June 6th 2025
Weather: 24 / 23 °C Sunny
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