【Strolling through Nishi-ward 20】Nana-magari (hairpin turn) in Higashikubo-cho 【Strolling through Nishi-ward 20】Nana-magari (hairpin turn) in Higashikubo-cho
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Strolling through Nishi-ward: Nana-magari (hairpin turn) in Higashikubo-cho
Names of places of “Nana-magari” can be found all over Japan. It can be found in Yokohama too. Nana-magari in Yokohama is a very steep slope which starts from a road facing National Route 1 and connecting to Higashikubo-cho and Fujimigaoka Gakuen Secondary School.
If a road is zig-zag like sheep's gut, it is called “48 turns”. If a road is zig-zag like thin ivy and vines, it is called “99 turns” or hairpin turn. This area is west boarder of Nishi-ward. Nearby Sugiyama shrine belongs to Hodogaya-ward.
Now there are concrete staircase between houses. However, in my memory of a half century ago, it was a rough spot with few houses and the area was covered with weeds. The only same landscape is secondary school girls enjoying chatting on the hill.
Writing and picture by Tai Hasewaga (Nishi ward Cultural Association/Chairman of Kiko Society)
※This is a sketch and writing published in Yokohama Public Relation Nishi ward edition between November 1997 and April 2004. Please be noted that there’s a possibility that information in the article may be changed.
(Published June in 1999)