いつ見ても 独特の山容 西南に構え

【写真を拡大すると臨場感が出ます。】

　昨日、鏑川付近をウォーキング中に撮影しました。それにしてもユニークな山容を呈するテーブルマウンテン「荒船山」で、恰も山並みを進む航空母艦のようです。

　頂上からの眺めは圧巻で、北西に浅間山が手に取るように見え、眼下に神津牧場、そして西の遥か遠方に北アルプスの峰々が望める正に高天原です。

　この頂上高原には数回行きました。かなり広く、端から端まで歩くと約１時間です。一方、周囲はすべて２００mほどの断崖絶壁で危険この上ありません。もちろん転落防止の柵はなく、先史時代の姿そのままです。

　最も左【南】の山は経塚山【標高１４２３m】で、近年、私はここから数羽のレース鳩を放しましたら、鳩もこんな高い所を飛ぶのは生まれて初めてで、目を丸くして青空の中に吸い込まれるように鳩舎のある距離７０Kほどの倉賀野を目指し、すべて私より早く到着してました。

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about breeding racing pigeons

　Yesterday, I took a picture of Mt. Arafune while walking near Kabra River. As you can see, Mt. Arafune is a table mountain with an unique figure, it looks like an aircraft carrier sailing through the mountains in southwestern Gumma prefecture.

　The view from the top is spectacular beyond description, such as the active volcano Mt. Asama to the northwest, the Kozu Ranch below, and the Northern Alps in the distance to the west from this Takamagahara which means dwelling place of the god in Japanese mythology.

　"I've been to this summit plateau several times." It is quite vast and it takes about an hour to walk from one end to the other. On the other hand, all the surroundings are perpendicular cliffs of about 200m deep, and here is no fences there so that it is extremely dangerous. Therefore all the appearance of prehistoric times is intact.

　The mountain on the far left [south] is Mt. Kyozuka [elevation 1423m]. In recent years, I released a few racing pigeons from this summit, they widened their eyes because it was the first time in their life that they had flown so high. They headed for my loft in Kuragano-town where is about 70km away from the summit, as if being sucked into the blue sky, and of course they all arrived earlier than me.

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