Pottering report of a bicycle along the Iiyama Line. Vol.１
sunday, May 13,2012
On the JR Iiyama Line, I am heading to Kaesa Station. It is two stations before Iiyama station. Now that a new road has been built, National Route 117 parallel to the Iiyama Line is no longer used, however I went through this road to ski at Nozawa Onsen.（photo／There are few passengers inside the Iiyama line, and I can sit in the box seat. The fun feeling of traveling alone increases.）
JR飯山線でこれから向かうのは替佐駅。飯山駅よりも２つ手前になる。今は新しい道路ができて、野沢温泉に向かうのに飯山線と並行する国道117号は使われなくなったが、以前この道でよくスキーに出掛けたものだ。（写真／飯山線110系の車内。混雑せず二人掛けのボックスシートを独占できると一人旅の気分は否応なしに盛り上がる）
When I get off at the platform at Kaesa Station, the train stops on the other side. You can hear the melody song "Oborotsukiyo" that leaves the train. Yes, this former Toyoda Village is the birthplace of late Tatsuyuki Takano, the lyricist of the famous song "Furusato" and "Spring has came". Mr. Takano is also drawn on the information board in front of the station (photo).
替佐駅のホームに降り立つと、上りの列車が待っている。上下線の出発を告げる発車音に唱歌「おぼろ月夜」のメロディがこだまする。そうこの旧豊田村は、おぼろ月夜の他に、「ふるさと」や「春が来た」の作詞家で国文学者の高野辰之氏の生誕地なのだ。駅前の案内板にも氏の姿が登場している（写真）。
I was planning to take Route 117, but I choose the one with a good atmosphere. However, I am worried that the road will be cut off. I was prepared, but on a steep slope, in front of the shrine on the way, I gave up riding a bicycle. However, I walk by pushing a bicycle, and the voice of the bird is a nice background music.
国道117号を行くはずが、せっかく自転車で来たのだからと、道が途切れないかという不安な気持ちを抱えながらも、住宅街を抜ける生活道路を選んでしまう。多少の上りは覚悟していたが、坂道は急で、途中の社で、ついに自転車を降りてしまう。しかし自転車を押しながらも、鳥の声が快適なBGMになり気分は最高だ。
If you look back from the hills, you can see the beautiful scenery so that the hardships are rewarded. The colors of the leaves are different, and it is as beautiful as paint. You can see the Alps of the remaining snow in the distance.
高台から振り返ると、苦労が報われるほどの景色が広がっている。この時期同じ緑でも、それぞれ木々の織り成す色が微妙に違い、何色の絵の具でも表現し尽くせない景色を形成している。遠くに残雪の山も姿を現す。
After a while, it descends down a slope and is almost as high as the Chikuma River. Last week, I rode my bicycle through the Yoshii River in Okayama Prefecture, and it was comfortable with few ups and downs, however the Chikuma River is not. Eventually, I joined National Road 117, but there are ups and downs on this road as well.
しばらく進むと今度は坂道を下り、千曲川とほぼ同じ高さになる。先週走行した岡山県の吉井川沿いはずっと川に並行していたので、アップダウンがなく快適だったが、千曲川沿いはそうではない。やがて国道117号に合流するが、この道も同様だ。
I saw a train coming towards me, far away from the Iiyama Line, which runs parallel to the national Road. Since there are few trains in the daytime, I go near the tracks to take pictures of the trains. The green railroad vehicles that appears soon seems to be blending in with the fresh green.
国道と並行する飯山線のはるか遠くに、列車がこちらに向かって来るのが見えた。特に昼間は本数が少ないので列車の写真は貴重と考え、線路の土手を登り列車を待つ。やがて現れた110系の緑のボディが、萌える緑の中に溶け込んでいるようにみえる。
Prefectural road 117 is the Komaki Bridge（Back of the photo）, which is seen ahead, and joins the national Route from Nakano City. If you turn left from there, Iiyama City is already near. It is the first time for me to see Mt. Kosha (altitude of 1351 meters) symbolizing this area from the west side in this way.
県道117号はこの先の古牧橋（写真奥）で、中野市からの国道と合流する。そこから左に向かうと飯山市街地はもう近い。北信濃を象徴する高社山標高＝1,351㍍は、南と北からの景色はよく見るが、こうして西面からゆっくりと眺めるのは初めてのような気がする。
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