Oboke and Koboke - Oboke and Koboke

Japanese: 大歩危･小歩危 - おおぼけこぼけ

A gorge on the Yoshino River in western Tokushima Prefecture. The Yoshino River flows east from Kochi Prefecture and crosses the Shikoku Mountains, flowing north to form a horizontal valley for about 20 km. Boki and Boke are names for cliffs in the mountains, and the character for collapse is also used. Both banks of this area are bordered by mountains about 1000 m above sea level, and there used to be a small path connecting them. Five km south of Awa-Kawaguchi Station on the Dosan Line, which opened along the riverbank in 1935, is Koboke, and another four km to Oboke, and the area between them is particularly beautiful. Oboke is masculine with many strangely shaped rocks and bizarre stones and a deep pool, while Koboke is feminine with few exposed rocks and small strangely shaped rocks.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

徳島県西部にある吉野川の峡谷。高知県側から東流してきた吉野川が四国山地を横断する際，北流して横谷をなす約20kmの間をいう。ボキ，ボケは山間の断崖地の呼称で，崩壊の字もあてるが，この両岸は標高1000m前後の山がせまり，かつてはわずかに小路が通じていた。1935年川岸に沿って開通した土讃線の阿波川口駅から南に5kmで小歩危，さらに4kmで大歩危となるが，その間がとくに峡谷美をなす。大歩危は奇岩や怪石が多く，深い淵があって男性的で，小歩危は岩石の露出が少なく，奇岩も小さく女性的といわれる。

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