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Gate
of Sogenji Temple |
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patterns tell ages ... |
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Three states of beast, human
and saint "San Mon,"are said to be
embodied in the gate of a Zen-Buddhist temple. |
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This gate of Sogenji Temple, the
first temple on the Chita-Shikoku pilgrimage
route, is very old and is made of Keyaki (zelkova)
partly with Hinoki (Japanese cedar), measuring 3.6
meters wide, with a tiled Irimoya-style roof built
in the 18th century. |
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Location:
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45 Uchiyama , Sakae-cho, Toyoake City
(Designated as a city tangible
cultural asset in 1980) |
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ICHINOGOZEN
ANZANSUI |
| Wishing an easy
delivery ... |
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Pure water called "Anzansui",
which means "water for an easy delivery",
springs from under the big camphor tree on the left of
the approach to Ichinogozen Shrine where the local
god of Shimotakane is enshrined. |
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This water has never stopped flowing. |
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In the Muromachi era,
when the daughter of Kondo Korekage, the 8th lord
of Kutsukake Castle, was pregnant, she
drank this water. Thanks to this water, she could have an
easy delivery. After that, many women have come to drink
this water for an easy delivery. |
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(Please boil this water before
drinking.) |
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20-1 Ichinogozenmae, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake City
(Designated
as a city historical site in 1977) |
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Ano
Ichirizuka
(a milestone of Ano) |
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A guide for
travelers |
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This milestone is one of the
guide markers, placed on both sides of the Tokaido
(the old main road of Japan) from Edo (Tokyo) to Kyoto. |
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These milestones were placed by Tokugawa
Ieyasu, the first of the Tokugawa shoguns, in 1604.
The size of the mound is about 10 square meters and has
pine trees planted on it. This mound is a well-known
distance marker. |
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Since the Meiji era,
most of this milestones have disappeared because of
road-widening and traffic related problems. |
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It is rare to see such
milestones on both sides of the road at present in Japan. |
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Ikeshita,Ano-cho, Toyoake City
(Designated
as a national historical site in 1936) |
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| Kamakura
Kaido (An Ancient Main Road) |
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Main
road which combined culture between the eastern and
western part of Japan |
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Kamakura Kaido was a
culturally and historically significant road, but at
present there remains only a small part of this road at Futamurayama
(a hill). |
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During the Kamakura
era, this road was the most important road connecting Kamakura
and Kyoto. |
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The
observatory at the top of Futamurayama |
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The
symbol of our city, Toyoake |
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Futamurayama was one
of the most famous tourist spots on the Kamakura Kaido
and had been appeared in many poems from the ancient
times. |
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The height of Futamurayama
is 72 meters above sea level, and from the top of the
hill, one can view the Suzuka Mountain Range in
the west, Mt. Ontake in the north and Mt. Sanage
in the east. |
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The name Futamura came
from two villages. There used to be two lodging villages
called Hongo and Shuku at the foot of this
hill, hence the origin of the name Futamura, which
means two villages. |
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19 Saraikegami, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake City |
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| Futamurayama
Kirare Jizoson |
| With
beautiful legend |
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The Jizoson is on the
top of Futamurayama. It is called Kirare Jizoson
because its body is diagonally separated into two parts:
the upper half and the lower one. |
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The letters on the back of the lower body
say that this Kirare Jizoson statue stands
for the legend of Futamurayama Jizoson. |
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Location:
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19 Saraikegami, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake City
(Designated
as a tangible cultural asset by Toyoake city in 1977) |
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