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Hitachi-Oda station site Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/18/2015
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
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Hitachi-Oda station site

There was a 40-kilometer railway connecting between Tsuchiura and Iwase stations in the old days. It is said that trains running against a background of Mt. Tsukuba were popular among the railway fans. However, the railway was abolished in 1987 unfortunately. The railway site has been now reused as a cycling path called Tsukuba Rin-Rin road. The road is now used for recreation healthfully. Of course, it is also used for daily life such as commuting and shopping.

You will see an old platform as the station site around the listed coordinates. The Oda castle ruins have been excavated for research since 1997. According to the research report, the railway seemed to go in the middle of the castle ruins. The Tsukuba Rin-Rin road comes to detour around the castle ruins reflectively. The castle ruins become going to be played as a history open space. A tourist information office is under construction at the Hitachi-Oda Station site as of January 2015. This cache is not influenced by the construction works.

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常陸小田駅跡

かつて土浦駅と岩瀬駅を結ぶ全長40キロほどの筑波鉄道がありました。筑波山を背景に田園のなかを走る列車は人気があったそうです。しかし残念ながら1987年に廃止されました。そして廃線跡地は、つくばりんりんロードと呼ばれる県道501号桜川土浦自転車道線となりました。今では健康で快適なレクリエーションの場として、また通勤・通学・買い物などの日常生活に使われる自転車道となっています。

さて、表示の座標はむかし常陸小田駅があった場所です。近くの小田城址の発掘調査が1997年から行われてきました。調査によると筑波鉄道は小田城址のど真ん中を通っていたようですが、りんりんロードは城郭を迂回するようになっています。城址は歴史広場として再生される予定になっています。常陸小田駅跡は2015年1月現在、案内所の建物が建設中です。このキャッシュは工事には影響されません。

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