Pot holes of Nie-buchi and Azukari-huchi
Pot hole
Pot hole of Nie-buchi pool
Records of the continuous activities of the Earth.

　The Oochise-gawa river flows from the top of Mt. Oosuzu throug the middle of Toei from west to east. "Oochise" means a big river with thousands of shallow rapids and riffles. The river also has many falls and pools.

Pot holes are cylindrically shaped holes which formed on the river bed by the old washout movement of the flowing water and the rolling stones that were trapped in the holes. The river has been forming these pot holes over the past few hundred thousands of years. We could call them "living records of the continuous activities of the Earth."

These pot holes are listed as the natural monuments of Aichi Prefecture.



　
Information

Toei Kanou-kyoukai (Tourist Association),
TEL. (81) 536-76-1812


Access

by public transport

JR Toyohashi station
to(100 min. by JR Iida-sen line, Time table)

JR Toei station
to(15 min. by Toei municipal bus, Toei-sen line Time table)

Hongou bus stop
to(23 to 30 min. by Toei municipal bus, Higashisonome-sen line Time table)

Nie-buchi bus stop or Tokiwabashi bus stop


by car

Please get off the Tomei Express Way at the Toyokawa interchange. Then, head north on the Kokudou 151 (Route 151, in the direction of Iida city).
After 70 minutes of driving (45 kms), you will arrive in Toei.

Pass through the Shin-hongou tunnel and Komakubo tunnel. Then, turn right at the second three-way-stop (no traffic signal). Cross the Sen-bashi bridge, turn right and go straight on the route 473 (R473, in the direction of Uragawa).

Pass through the Shinbashi-kita intersection (with traffic signal). Then, go straight for 3 kilometers. You will find the Nie-buchi bus stop and a small suspension bridge. The Nie-buchi pool and pot holes are under the bridge.

If you go straight for 4.5 km from the Shinbashi-kita intersection, you will reach the Tokiwabashi bridge. Then, walk about 5 minutes and you will reach Azukari-huchi.


2003/10/01 Update