CLIFF of TRAGEDY The East Face of Mt. Tanigawa

With vertical drop of 1000 meters, the east face of Mt. Tanigawa had claimed
the lives of 808 by 2014.

In Mrach of 1981,one of my subordinates died in a snowstorm after a succesful ascent.
He was 27.

His father, who was a priest, wrote an epitaph for his only son:

Beloved by Heaven
the lark has risen
never to return

　天意に叶い
　上がりし雲雀降りて来ず　　土公

A funicular ropeway transports you to a ski area of 50 hectares, where you can take
an easy hiking route to the summit of Mt. Tanigawa.

　はらはらと
　落ち葉散り掛かる山への道
　逝きたる者は老いることなく