Tsukubamichi #2 Traditional Cache
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Mt. Tsukuba (Tsukubasan) has been worshipped as a Shinto god since ancient times. In the era of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tsukubasan Shrine was designated the important shrine to protect the demon's gate of Edo (present-day Tokyo), the direction of northeast which had been believed as the direction bad power comes from. Successive Tokugawa Shoguns had adored the shrine.
Tsukubamichi, the old main approach to the Tsukubasan Shrine was developed in the time of the third Shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu.
The area where the cache is placed is called Kangori. In Kangori area, many old traditional Japanese style houses remain. At the cache point, there is a magnificent storehouse made from stones. In many areas in Japan, it is common that storehouses are made from wattle-and-daub. Stone storehouse is one of a characteristic of south Ibaraki area. The stone storehouse was reformed to a glass atelier. There is another art gallery which was reformed from an old shop in this area. Local people are now trying to promote their traditional settlement with collaboration with modern artists.
Enjoy surprising marriage of tradition and modern art.
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筑波山は古代より信仰の対象として崇められてきました。徳川幕府の時代、筑波山神社は江戸（現在の東京）の鬼門−悪い気が入ってくると信じられていた北東の方角−を鎮守する重要な神社とされ、歴代将軍が厚く崇敬しました。
つくば道と呼ばれる筑波山神社に通ずる古い参詣道は三代将軍徳川家光の時代に整備されました。
キャッシュが隠されている場所は神郡という地区です。神郡地区には伝統的な日本家屋が多数残っています。キャッシュポイントには石で作られた立派な蔵があります。日本の大部分の地方では漆喰で蔵を造るのが一般的ですが、茨城県南地方では蔵を石で作るのが特徴的です。ここにある石蔵はガラス工房に改装されています。地区には他にも古い商店を改装したアートギャラリーなどがあり、地域の人々は現代芸術家たちとコラボレーションしながら伝統的な集落を振興しようとしています。
伝統と現代芸術の組み合わせの妙をお楽しみください。
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