若神子城址の桜も

若神子城址(わかみこじょうし)は、今では「ふるさと公園」になっています。甲斐源氏（武田氏）発祥の地といわれ戦国時代には、ここに館を構え峡北の守りを固めたとされています。甲斐源氏の祖でもある新羅三郎義光。彼が京の都から甲斐に移って初めて居館を構えたところと伝えられる若神子城址に整地された公園です。よく見て歩くと、烽火台の道があり古くから通信拠点として使われて様子が見えます。この地域には城跡が多くあり、北条と徳川が争った天正壬午の戦いでは信濃側から甲斐に侵入した北条方の本陣として若神子城が築かれたとか。本丸は、石畳の円形の広場になっていました。何一つ、遊戯道具がなく、ただの整地されていない広場になっていました。ボランティアの方々が、市には言っているんだけれどもねぇ。と言いながら草刈機で、枯れ木を整備していました。1億近い税が投入された後の整備費用は計算していなかったのでしょうか。公園から見渡す須玉の町はきれいでした。歴史は深い、が、今日も花より団子。

須玉のスーパーに立ち寄りをして夕食のおかずを買って帰宅しました。

Cherry blossom in Wakamiko Castle

The site of Wakamiko Castle is now a "hometown park." It is said to be the birthplace of the Kai Genji (Takeda) clan, and during the Warring States period, the clan built a castle here to defend the northern part of the straits. The founder of the Kai Minamoto Clan, Shinra Saburo Yoshimitsu, was the founder of the Kai Minamoto Clan. The park is located on the site of Wakamiko Castle, where he is said to have built his first castle after moving to Kai from Kyoto. If you walk carefully, you can see the path of the beacon fire tower, which was used as a communication center for a long time. There are many ruins of castles in the area, and Wakamiko Castle was built as the headquarters of the Hojo side that entered Kai from the Shinano side during the Battle of Tensho Jingo between the Hojo and Tokugawa clans. The main castle was a circular stone-paved plaza. There was no playground equipment of any kind, just an unleveled square. Volunteers were mowing the ground with mowers, saying, "We've told the city about this situatsins, but...." I wonder if they did not calculate the cost of maintenance after nearly 100 million taxpayer dollars had been spent. The town of Sudama was beautiful as seen from the park. History is deep, but today, too, I was more interested in dumplings than flowers.

I stopped by a supermarket in Sudama, bought some side dishes for dinner, and went home.