My Best Streams - Adogawa Katsuragawa

Adogawa River, Katsuragawa
Katsuragawa is located on the west foot of Hira Mountains. There are many villages along the Adogawa River and its valleys.


		The Kankakei valley and	junction of the Adogawa Riv.

Junction of the Harihata Riv.			Thatch in Umenoki

Nakamura village			Doun the Myoohdani River

The Egatani River			Near Sakashita village

Amago in summer

	Near Taira village and distant view		Former and new road

--- Japanese Trout or Char inhabit this place.

--- Standing fishing area or Stocked fishing area.

This road was called "Saba kaido" because Mackerels were transported to Kyoto from Obama harbor by this road in the Edo period. It is a road that leads to Kyoto from Wakasa Obama in the Japan Sea side by way of Kutsuki and Ohara. It was not only road for transporting marine products but also road of cultural exchange that continue 50 miles along beautiful streams, such as the Kitagawa River in Fukui, the Adogawa River in Shiga, and the Takanogawa River in Kyoto. (Photo is former road in Sakashita.)

The access to Katsuragawa which is the upper reaches of the Adogawa River go along "Saba kaido" and cross Tochu mountain pass, Hanaore mountain pass by way of Ohara from Kyoto.
It was hard to go over those mountain passes at one time when there was rain and snow but we can use tunnels to passes now. So many Amagos and Iwanas inhabited the main of the river and tributary streams. This river was buried in eath and sand by land slide in 1987, and my visits to there became rarer as the road is paved. We are able to fish easily because this river became a habitat of stocked Amagos and Iwanas now. In the upper area of the Adogawa River, my favorite streams are near Sakashita, near Bohmura, near Umenoki and near Hosokawa from the past.

My Best Streams

Fukushima | Hinoematagawa Hinoemata |

Tochigi | Ojikagawa Miyori | Yugawa Akanumachaya |

Yamanashi | Yanagisawagawa Ochiai | Shiokawa Kuromori, Masutomi |

Nagano | Daimongawa Iridaimon |