My families roots are from Gokanosho., defeated samurai that fled to this area. My great grandfather left and settled in Okayama becoming a rice farmer during the 1800's. I visited in 1985 with hopes of finding information, but ran into dead ends due to the loss of temple records from a fire. We took our family name from Gokanosho. Thank you for sharing. Ed Goka
First explored the area in 1982 when a friend, Kumagai-san, guided me up after getting my first motorcycle. Since then I've come every chance I get. The main downside is that most of the friends and people I got to know have since passed away or moved on and the places I frequented have shut down.
The Heike-Genji conflict was during the Gempei War which was from 1180-85. The Sengoku Jidai did begin in 1467 but the Heike had already fled into this area 3 centuries earlier, after their defeat at the battle of Dannoura (Shimonoseki Straits) in 1185, when the Emperor Antoku drowned.
My families roots are from Gokanosho., defeated samurai that fled to this area. My great grandfather left and settled in Okayama becoming a rice farmer during the 1800's. I visited in 1985 with hopes of finding information, but ran into dead ends due to the loss of temple records from a fire. We took our family name from Gokanosho.
Thank you for sharing. Ed Goka
Great work! Thanks!
First explored the area in 1982 when a friend, Kumagai-san, guided me up after getting my first motorcycle. Since then I've come every chance I get. The main downside is that most of the friends and people I got to know have since passed away or moved on and the places I frequented have shut down.
Please recommend me the accommodations nearby
The Heike-Genji conflict was during the Gempei War which was from 1180-85. The Sengoku Jidai did begin in 1467 but the Heike had already fled into this area 3 centuries earlier, after their defeat at the battle of Dannoura (Shimonoseki Straits) in 1185, when the Emperor Antoku drowned.