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3 teenagers die after playing in Kiso River

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows rescue workers searching for four junior high school boys who were carried away by the currents in the Kiso River in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, on July 30, 2012. Three of the four students died after being taken to hospital. The remaining student suffered minor injuries.

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News helicopter crashes, 4 dead

NAGANO, Japan - A helicopter crashed and burst into flames on the banks of the Kiso River in southern Nagano Prefecture on March 7, killing all four people aboard. The helicopter, owned by Nakanihon Air Service Co. and chartered by Shinetsu Broadcasting Corp. based in the city of Nagano, was covering a traffic accident.

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Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 43

43 Kuwana - Two large junks moored at the mouth of the Kiso River, and others sailing away to sea. To avoid crossing the numerous rivers flowing inland between Miya and Kuwana, travellers made their journey by boat. The boat trip was reputed to have been enjoyable. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

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Saruhashi

Sarubashi (Monkey Bridge) spans Katsura River in Sarubashi-cho, Otsuki City, Yamanashi Prefecture. This bridge is considered one of the three most unusual bridges in Japan, together with Kiso-no-Kakehashi (Gifu Prefecture) and Kintai-kyo of Suo (Yamaguchi Prefecture). It was designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty in 1932. Sarubashi is designed in hijikiketa style, which is characterized by a lack of vertical supports. This is a view of the bridge from upstream. Many people are on the bridge. The date is unknown.==Date:unknown, Place:Yamanashi, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number82‐47‐0]

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Nezame-no-toko

Nezame-no-toko Gorge is the most beautiful of the eight scenic points of Kiso. The view of the gorge with granite protruding into the Kiso River is breathtaking. Huge rock formations such as Byobuiwa (folding screen rock) can be seen. At its narrowest point, the river is only 7 meters wide and roars with rapids. The shrine visible in the centre is known for the legend of Urashima Taro, and for Rinsenji Temple up on the river terrace.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number80‐14‐0]

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Kamaguchi Bridge over Tenryu River

The Tenryu River originates from Lake Suwa, and is a large river flowing into the Enshu nada coming down south from the Akashi and Kiso mountains. Flooding concentrates in the summer, so it was called Abare Tenryu (Fervent Tenryu) from the early days.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐37‐0]

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Road near Nakasendo Sakurasawa

The view of the Nakasendo near the Sakurazawa. A fence is built along the Kiso River to the right. Three travelers wearing hats can be seen. The name Sakurazawa is said to originate both from the cherry blossoms that bloom there and the war lord Sakurazawa family who reigned in the region during the middle ages.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐31‐0]

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Bridge at Nakasendo Sakurasawa

A scene from Sakurazawa (presently Nakano City of Nagano prefecture, formerly Nobetoku village) of the former Nakasendo. To the left, the flow of the Kiso River can be seen. Many of the paddy field were in the low marshes of off Nobetoku, so after the mid-Edo era, people were suffered from numerous floods when the cultivating new paddy fields reached a limit.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐29‐0]

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Suge Bridge at Nakasendo Yabuhara

Probably the bridge built over the Kiso River. A magnificent stone foundation to support the bridge can be seen to the right corner. In the center of the bridge, a man rests holding a parasol, sitting on the girders of the bridge.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐22‐0]

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Site of Yoshinaka s castle at Nakasendo Miyanokoshi

Kiso River runs to the fore, and the mountain to the rear is the Komagatake which is located to the north of the Kiso range. The peak of Komagateke is formed of the Main peak, middle peak, front peak, and Hokendake etc., and especially the Tengu Rock of Hokendake is famous for its rare shape.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐20‐0]

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Grave of Kiso Yoshinaka at Tokuonji Temple in Nakasendo Miyanokoshi

The village in the center of the photo is Hiyoshimura, and the rear is probably Kiso range. 20 villagers stand in the shore and middle island of the Kiso River running to the fore. There are many historical sites in the village such as Kaionji which is the tomb place of Kiso Yoshinaka and others.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐19‐0]

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Yabuhara and Kiso River from Nakasendo Torii Pass

Looking down at the Kiso River and the Yabuhara village (presently Kiso village )from the Torii range on the Nakasendo. The Yabuhara juku of the village prospered as a resting place before the difficult path on the Nakasendo Kisoji of Torii range and the parting point leading to Hidatakayama on the Nagawado of Hida Kaido.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐23‐0]

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Inns at Nakasendo Fukushima

A view of the village where Fukushimajuku, one of the lodging locations on the Nakasendo was located. The Kiso River flows in a zigzag in the center of the photo. There were hotels and tea houses within the Shuku, as well as the active craftsmen for Japanese cypress crafts, and lacquer ware.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐17‐0]

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Suspension bridge at Nakasendo Kiso

Kakehashi over the Kiso River near the Agematsujuku of Nakasendo. Kakehashi is the name of the Aza, and is known from ancient days as the Kakehashi of Kiso. (It is also quoted in the Kojien as an example of kakehashi. ) But what the actual Kakehashi implies is unknown.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐11‐0]

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Nezame-no-toko

The steep flow of Urashima in the Nezame no toko, a scenic spot along the Kiso River on the Nakasendo. The same scene as the photo numbered 1560 is photographed again from a farther distance. This valley was formed from the granite, which was formed about 700 million years ago, washed away by the steep flow of the Kiso River.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐9‐0]

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Suspension bridge at Nakasendo Kiso

The famous scene in the Kakehashi of Kiso, similar to photos numbered 38-11 and 38-12. It could have been taken further back compared to photo numbered 38-12. A house looking building stands in the left corner, and in the center of the river can be seen a small boat with several people on it.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐13‐0]

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Nezame-no-toko

The steep flow of Urashima in the Nezame no toko, a scenic spot along the Kiso River on the Nakasendo. (Presently Agematsu-cho of Kiso gun). Originates from the legend that Urashima Taro fished here to hang his fishing strings. It is known for the square granite rock and caves forming the scenery.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐8‐0]

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Gorge over Kiso River near Nakasendo Uematsu?

The Hon Bridge which is built over the Kiso River, one of the three fastest rivers in Japan, is seen small to the center of the photo. It is probably near Agematsu juku, on the Nakasendo. The villages of Agematsu juku were hit by numerous fires, but the shukuba was rebuilt every time.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐15‐0]

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Nezame-no-toko

The bridge over the Nameri River near the Nezame no toko, which is a scenic spot which can also be seen in the left corner of the photo numbered 38-6. This bridge was appraised as the length 15 ken, without bridge stakes, the wonderful arch in Kiso junreiki . The bridge is presently rebuilt as the Eikyu Bridge.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐7‐0]

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Nakasendo Ono Village

Houses which form a part of Ono village are photographed with the Kiso River in the background. Under the roof, 2 people who look like they are carrying loads are faintly seen. Ono village was a shukuba of the Nakasendo, but because the route was changed, it became part of a short cut route to Suwa and Kiso.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐5‐0]

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Nezame-no-toko

The Namerigawado, near the scenic location on the Nakasendo in Agematsu juku, Nezame no toko. A person with a parasol can be seen in a small shadow. The Nameri River originates from the Kiso Komagatake which is the main mountain in the Central Alps.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐6‐0]

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Japan GSDF's flood rescue training

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel row a boat on the Kiso River in Hashima in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 20, 2020, as part of disaster rescue training in the wake of river flooding in the prefecture caused by torrential rain in July.

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Japan GSDF's flood rescue training

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel row a boat on the Kiso River in Hashima in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 20, 2020, as part of disaster rescue training in the wake of river flooding in the prefecture caused by torrential rain in July.

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News helicopter crashes, 4 dead

NAGANO, Japan - A helicopter crashed and burst into flames on the banks of the Kiso River in southern Nagano Prefecture on March 7, killing all four people aboard. The helicopter, owned by Nakanihon Air Service Co. and chartered by Shinetsu Broadcasting Corp. based in the city of Nagano, was covering a traffic accident. (Kyodo)