O-Tama Walking TrailNotes) The back page is also available. This face covers about half of all way, it isOku-Tama Visitor -- Approx. 3.0km -- ShiroCenter(1.8 mile)
maru

Hikawaapprox. 8.5 km (5.0 mile)

approx. 3.5 hours by walk

[Hikawa] to [Shiromaru].

-- Approx. 2.0km -- Hato- -- Approx. 3.5km -- Kori
(1.2 mile)
nosu(2.0 mile)

Men in the culture who loved Oku-Tama

Shiromaru

Gyokudo Kawai (1873～1957)
A Japanese-style painter. He drew mountain villages
and nature in a rich poetic sentiment. He also madeanthologies of waka poems. In 1940, he received theMedal for Cultural Merits. In 1944, he evacuated toOku-Tama where he had visited before and spent 14years until dying. You can appreciate his wonderfulworks of art at Gyokudo Art Museum which is a 5minutes walk from JR Mitake Station.

Over side of cigarette vending
machine, Turn to the rightthen go down the steps.

To the lakeside road, turn to
the left here, in front of theKazumakyo-Bashi bridge.
Cross the smallbridge.

Historical& Cultural Properties
Zoom up map① Oku-Hikawa Jinja Shrine
One of Musashi 3 Hikawa Shrines. The Threecedar tree (Sanbon-Sugi) in the precincts isabout 650 years old, and the height is 50 meters.
The tree forks 3 parts at a height of 3 meters.
The tree is the highest cedar tree in Tokyo andone of Tokyo Cultural Properties.

②Atago Jinja Shrine
The god of fire prevention is enshrined in the topof Mt. Atago which commands the village.

③Sangi Jinja Shrine

Men in the culture who loved Oku-Tama
Genso Okuda (1912～2003)
A Japanese-style painter. He broke new ground formodern landscape of mountains. He also drew
landscapes on the subject of Oku-Tama. In 1984,
he received the Medal for Cultural Merits. You canappreciate his wonderful works of art at Okuda
Genso Sayume Art Museum in Miyoshi City,
Hiroshima Prefecture.

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A guardian god of mountains. Kagura (sacredmusic and dancing performed at a shrine) is
dedicated to the god on the first Saturday ofAugust every year. The sacred ginkgo tree in theprecincts is 36 meters in height and the highest
in Oku-Tama town.

④Kazuma no Kiri-Doushi(steep slope)
Excavated in １７０３ by the funds and labor ofHikawa and Tochikubo villages to avoid adangerous pass over the mountains. This slope
contributed to good public transport from
Ogouchi area and the southern pars of TamaRiver to Itsukaichi and Nippara areas.
Designated as a Oku-Tama Historical Site in1977.

O-Tama Walking TrailNotes) The back page is also available. This face covers about half of all way, it is
Oku-Tama Visitor -- Approx. 3.0km -- ShiroCenter(1.8 mile)maruapprox. 8.5 km (5.0 mile)

approx. 3.5 hours by walk

[Shiromaru] to [Kori].

-- Approx. 2.0km -- Hato- -- Approx. 3.5km -- Kori
(1.2 mile)
nosu(2.0 mile)

Kori

Shiromaru

School LunchCenter

Oku-Tama
Culture CenterVendingMachine

Historical& Cultural Properties⑥ Soryu Falls
A pair of waterfalls. “Dragon” expresses theslim and long shape of the falls. The original
name is called “Imose Falls”. “Imose” means amarried couple or a brother and a sister.
⑦ Tamagawa Mizu (water) Jinja Shrine
The guardian god of water is enshrined. Afterthe pair of pigeons, this Shrine has faith ofmatchmaking.

○Remember・Take your garbage home (No dumping).
・Do not harm or gather natural resources.
・Use public facilities (Toiles etc.) clean.
・Be careful not to trouble local people.

⑧ Masakado Jinja Shrine
The origin of the shrine
was to worship the statue
which the son of “Taira noMasakado” (a famous samurai in the Heian period) madeto remember his dead father.
After long time, the shrine
was rebuild by the pious
local people.

Issued on Apr. 1, 2024

⑨ DobaPlaces where rafts men once made timber
floats to transport lumber to the Edo town.
⑩Kumano Jinja Shrine in Kotaba area
The shrine of grain god. Three gods areenshrined. In the precincts of the shrine
there is a natural stone (the object ofworship) whose shape looks like woman’s
body, and the shrine is also believed in as adeity of birth. Thai shrine has the stage ofKagura(sacredmusicand
dancing
performed at a shrine) which is one ofTokyo cultural properties.

Tokyo Metropolitan Oku-Tama Visitor Center
Open：9:00～16:30 Close：Monday, also Year end/start period(Open Monday if it is a holiday and close next working day)
Address：171-1, Hikawa, Okutama T. Nishitama Co. Tokyo 198-0212
Telephone：0428-83-2037 (+81-428-83-2037)
URL：https://www.ces-net.jp/okutamavc/
Designated manager：Center for Environmental Studies Co., Ltd.
Telephone：042-528-6595 (+81-42-528-6595)