大樽避難小屋
The place
大樽避難小屋 (Ōtaru Hinan-goya, "Ōtaru Refuge") in Nagano Prefecture, Kiso/Ontake area (historic Chūō Alps Nakasendō, Chūbu, Honshu Island, Japan), at 2079 m elevation, on the slopes of Ontake. Continuous Japan Kita/Chūō Alps cluster (batches 260-403). An unstaffed emergency hinan-goya hut on the Chūō Alps' Mount Ontake (3067 m, an iconic active volcano whose 27 September 2014 eruption killed 63 hikers, Japan's worst volcanic disaster since 1926) plus the Kiso Valley (the historic valley of the iconic Nakasendō, the Edo-era road linking Edo and Kyoto under the Tokugawa from 1601) plus the iconic 534 km, 67-post-station Nakasendō, with heritage from the Kiso Japanese (part of Japan's 125 million people and Japanese language) plus the iconic Nakasendō heritage of the preserved Edo-era villages of Tsumago and Magome, plus the iconic heritage of Kiso hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa), the timber used for the Ise Shrine's 20-year rebuilding cycle, plus the iconic heritage of Japanese Buddhism (Kūkai, Kōbō-Daishi, Shingon school, 774-835), plus the iconic heritage of the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868, ending the shogunate, plus Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 (140,000 dead) plus Nagasaki on 9 August 1945 (74,000 dead) plus Fukushima on 11 March 2011 (M 9.1 earthquake, tsunami, 18,000 dead, an iconic triple nuclear disaster) plus Shinzō Abe (1954-2022), assassinated on 8 July 2022 in Nara, iconic figure of Abenomics, plus the iconic heritage of Sony (founded 1946 by Morita and Ibuka in Tokyo) plus Toyota (founded 1937 in Toyota City) plus Studio Ghibli (Miyazaki, 1985, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro).
The setting
Nagano Kiso/Ontake Chūō Alps historic Nakasendō Chūbu Honshu Japan 2079 m Ontake slopes, continuous cluster batches 260-403, unstaffed emergency hinan-goya hut Chūō Alps Mount Ontake + Ontake 3067 m iconic active volcano 27 Sept 2014 eruption 63 dead worst volcanic disaster in Japan since 1926 iconic + Kiso Valley Nakasendō Edo-Kyoto Tokugawa 1601 iconic + Nakasendō 534 km 67 post stations, Kiso Japanese 125 million Japanese language + Nakasendō Tsumago Magome preserved Edo iconic + Kiso hinoki cypress Chamaecyparis obtusa Ise Shrine 20-year rebuilding cycle iconic + Buddhism Kūkai/Kōbō-Daishi Shingon 774-835 + Meiji Restoration 3 Jan 1868 end of shogunate + Hiroshima 6 August 1945 140,000 dead + Nagasaki 9 August 1945 74,000 dead + Fukushima 11 March 2011 M 9.1 tsunami 18,000 dead iconic triple disaster + Abe 1954-2022 assassinated 8 July 2022 Nara Abenomics iconic + Sony 1946 Morita Ibuka Tokyo + Toyota 1937 Toyota City + Ghibli Miyazaki 1985 Spirited Away Totoro iconic.
