Gennyoshonin Statue

Main roads の pioneering

Original Text

This is on the left hand side of the road from the roadside station of Nakayama Pass on National Highway 230 toward the ski resort. It is said that it is a statue of the present Nyojon who stood with a white feather arrow as the general manager of the construction of Honganji Road, which opened a road without road in the early Meiji period and connected from Date City to Sumikawa, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo. It began to snow and it seemed cold.

Exploitation の Successful Leaders

Original Text

It is a bronze statue of a young monk staring at the national highway at the roadside station. The new Meiji government was financially difficult, and requested Higashi Honganji Temple to develop roads to develop Hokkaido, and completed the road from Uju to Nakayama Pass to Sapporo in a short period of time. The person in charge is this young monk. The former Honganji Road is the current National Highway No. 230.

It is located at Nakayama toge pass, but it is not very conspicuous.

Original Text

There was a statue of Gennyo Shonin along with the monument of "Honganji Road". National Highway 230 is now a comfortable plateau road, but the hardships of road excavation at the beginning of the Meiji era are reminiscent.

Just off the road station

Original Text

It's a very large statue right next to the roadside station, but it's hard to notice and few people stop by. The stone monument contains detailed explanations.

Road development の Ruo き Monks like

Original Text

It's a big statue near the roadside station, but I noticed it for the first time because I noticed the signboard of the twilight ... (* _ *;. Now it is the Nakayama Pass of Bun Bun by car, but it is a statue of the current Nyojon who came from Kyoto in charge of building a road to promote Hokkaido development around this area, which was in the mountains without roads. He left Kyoto in 1873 under the order of Higashi Honganji Temple, which was begged by the new Meiji government, where the funds were not abundant. Donations were solicited from disciples from various places along the way, and the samurai of the Sendai branch domain hope of migration ...