Extra notes for Tadami line: Location

This is a memorandum note in preparation for revisiting the Tadami Line.

However, it is only a personal memo and its accuracy cannot be guaranteed, and it is only information as of October 2022, so the local situation is constantly changing. Please use at your own risk.

The 1st bridge
(1) Official viewpoint (on the ridge downstream of the bridge)

-There is a 10-minute walk from the roadside station “Oze Kaido Mishima-juku” on Route 252 to the highest point D.
-The climb up the stairs with equipment on your back is quite strenuous, so be careful. I thought the stairs on Lake Oku Oi in Shizuoka were tough, but they are even tougher than that.
-The parking lot of the roadside station is open 24 hours a day, but the facility itself closes at night. The separate restrooms in the parking lot are available for use.
-The bridge is in the shade in the early morning. Sidelight in the morning.
-The photo was taken with an APSC 70mm (105mm equivalent).

(2) Boat landing point (upstream side of the bridge)

-Easy directions: At the three-way intersection in the middle of Hinohara snowshed on Route 252, head toward Hinohara village and go straight. Continue until you reach the end of the road in the village, and turn right at the last alley crossing. Although you can’t see the path on google map, go along the way (yellow allow below map). After few minutes trail, the goal is a vacant lot where the pavement ends. A one-minute walk will take you to the landing point.
-We received several warnings to beware of bears. Be on the lookout for bear bells and radios.
-The morning photo was semi-backlit to backlit.
-Taken with an APSC 65mm (around 100mm equivalent).

The 2nd bridge

-The spot for photographers at the foot of the bridge is a little difficult to secure a field of view.
-There is space for several cars to park across the railroad crossing from the spot.
-Walking upstream on National Highway 400 (a slow descent) makes it easier to compose a shot, but it is dangerous because of the traffic on the roadway and the high speed of cars. You need to find a way to secure a safe position. After walking for a few minutes, I found a narrow spot outside the guardrail where I could stand my tripod, but the footing was soft and unstable.
-In the morning, when we moved away from the bridge, it was backlit to semi-backlit. Sidelight to semi-backlit from the foot of the bridge.
-Taken with an APSC 63mm (around 95mm equivalent).

The 3rd Bridge
(1) Photo spot of Route 252 Takashimizu Snowshed (north and downstream side of the bridge)

-The nearest space in the shed for evacuation/parking is the second one from the upstream side and the fourth one from the downstream side, according to my eyesight. The flow of cars is quite fast and visibility is not good, so be careful when parking and starting your car.
-The above spaces are limited to 3 small cars even if they are packed in.
-There may be room for two cars in the space one upstream (or so it seemed).
-Half backlit in the morning.
-Taken with an APSC 55mm (converted to 78mm or so)

(2) Photo spot on Prefectural Road 237 on the other side of the river (south side of the bridge, upstream side)

-I gave up access because we could not approach the spot due to falling rocks. When I tried to cross the bridge on the Hayato side upstream and proceeded to our destination, I found that the road was closed.
-According to the car navigation system, the road was also closed from the downstream side and we could not approach.

Megane Bashi(glasses bridge)

-A little further upstream from the Megane-bashi Bridge, before a short snow shed, there is a road that turns left and descends to the riverbank (closed but there is enough space to shoot) .
-There is a wide open space on the right side of the road upstream from the above-mentioned snowshed, where you can leave your car.
-In the morning, the area is basically in the shade of the mountain.
-Taken with an APSC 85mm (around 128mm equivalent)

The 4th Bridge

-2 years ago I parked my car in a small park at the foot of the Mizunuma Bridge and was able to take telephoto shots from the narrow sidewalk of the bridge.
-This time, I went further upstream and took a handheld shot of the front of the train coming across the bridge from a small open space on the slope of Route 252.
-After going upstream from the Mizunuma Bridge and passing through two snow sheds (the second is very short), I left my car in a vacant lot on the left (several cars could easily park there) and climbed over the railing across the road to get down to the slope. Note that the shooting location is a narrow space on a steep slope. A tripod is not allowed in my view.
-The light was backlit to semi-backlit from the slope in the morning, and forwardlit from the Mizunuma Bridge.
-Taken with an APSC 50mm (around 75mm equivalent).

Kaneyama Fureai Hiroba

-Parking and photographing are easy because it is a public park along National Route 252.
I took photo from an angle looking down at the train over the railing of the plaza, but some photographers prefer to go down by the tracks (there is a path) and look up at the train.
-The morning was side-lit to forward-lit.
-Taken with an APSC 35mm (50mm equivalent).

Takiya River bridge

-Take Prefectural Road 32 south, turn left when Takiya Station is on your right, and follow the farm road up the mountain (there are two entrances, but you can turn left at either one and it will be the same). You will find a place where you can see all the way to the back of the road.
-The “place where you can see all the way to the back” is the point where you can take pictures, and you can park your car at the entrance of the farm road. It would be nice if I could find a good place to park in front of or behind the farm road, but I don’t know about this.
-The morning light was basically direct.
-Taken with an APSC 58mm (87mm equivalent).

Negishi overhead view(Futayama Forest Park)

-I left the car navigation to the park administration building and arrived there. However, as I wrote in the blog, the road up from around Hoyouji Temple is quite narrow and the visibility is poor.
-The map shows that there are three routes to the administration building: northeast (above), southeast, and southwest. On the way back, we avoided the northeast route and took the southwest route down to Prefectural Road 53. The southwestern route is not a wide road, but the pavement and visibility were much better than the northeastern route, and there were several spaces for passing and egress. If I go back next time, I will take this route both ways.
-The best place to get a bird’s eye view of the Tadami Line from near the administration building is limited to the right corner of the parking lot fence. I heard that there are some other good locations for bird’s eye view in the park, but I have not explored them yet.
-The park is considerably more mountainous than I had expected. There are many reports of bears appearing in the park, so be careful.
-The light was basically good in the morning.
-Taken an APSC 230mm (350mm equivalent).

What would you like to photograph in the future there?

-Spring flower season
-Scenery of a village
-Fresh green of forest and emerald color of river
-Mirror of water in the season of rice planting
-Between Aizu Kawaguchi and Koide

I guess. I would also like to visit Tagokura Dam, although it is not a railroad scenery. I hope to have a chance to visit there in the near future.

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