Izumi Ward Walking Guide - from south Izumi River to Shimoiida~

Discover charm ・ Izumi Ward Walking Guide (South Izumi River to Shimoiida)
Walking around Izumi Ward's historic sites, temples, shrines, cultural properties, etc.
If you stop by Chisan's direct sales outlets orchards, you can enjoy "delicious Izumi Ward".
Would you like to feel the blessings of nature and the charm of Izumi Ward?

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Izumi Ward Office 1st floor
●Izumi inhabitant of a ward activity support center
●Public Relations Section

Izumi Ward Office 3F
●Regional Promotion Division

Here are some of the highlights (numbers) in the map.

１： Waterside of Jizo Hara

It is said that the origin of the place name "Jizo Hara" is "the place where Izumi Kojiro fought, and Jizo was built to mourn the warrior who died in the war." Was enshrined.
In the spring, there are many people, such as eating lunch while watching the cherry blossoms, and in summer, small children play in the water.

２： Chopuku-ji

Rinzai sect Tennoyama Chopukuji Temple is the end of Kamakura Enkaku-ji Temple, and its main god is Shakamuni Buddha. According to the new edition Sagami Fudoki manuscript, Izumi Village Chopukuji Temple, Kaiyama is said to have been built in a place related to Chikahira Izumi.
The neighboring Suga Shrine is said to have Chikahira Izumi recommended Kyoto Gionsha Ushido Tenno of Kyoto Gion Shrine.

３： Izumi Chuo Park, horse-washing pond

The park was opened in the fall of 1986 when Izumi Ward was born. In the park, the Middle Ages Samurai in the park states that "The History of Totsuka Ward" described in the New Edition Sagami Fudoki is the site of Izumi Kojirokan, but the remains show the appearance of the site before the Warring States period." The ruins of the Samurai Hall exists.
"Kojiro Marai Pond" has never died all year round, and in the past, it used to draw water from the pond and dried it to pray for rain. In the park, there are sculptures "gates" and "Ayame Deai Pond" by Mitsuaki Sora.

４： Izumi River Waterfront Plaza

In the section from Kusasaki Bridge to Sekijima Bridge, it is maintained as a plaza integrated with the river. It is a place where children can enjoy playing while watching the Izumi River.
It is also a colony of flower irises in the ward, and it is recommended not only for strolling but also as a place to get close to the river. In 1988, it was selected as the "Handmade Local Prize" [Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism].

５： Stone Buddha of Yotsuya

Crossing the Kusasaki Bridge over the Izumi River, the rural scenery spreads out. It is a vegetation site of the late Yayoi period. On the three-way intersection, a group of stone Buddhas are lined up.
Hokyo Into (Unknown), Doso Shrine (1870 / 1870), Jizo Koshin Tower (1670), Jizo Koshin Tower (1670), Dewa Sanzan Memorial Tower (1805 / 1805), stone shrine (unknown) etc. can be seen

６： Shimo-Izumi Saba Shrine

It is one of the Saba Shrines found along the Izumi River. The god of worship is Mitsunaka, Mitsunaka. It is said that during the Keicho era (1596-1615), the local township Shimizu and Suzuki recommended them as deities.
In 1689, a ridge tag (Munefuda) for the restoration of the shrine by the donation of Ujiko was left. Just below the shrine, there is the former Shimizu Silk Mill, where you can see the collapsed sideways and waterways used at this factory can be seen from the precincts.

7: Tenno Moriizumi Park

Opened in November 1997, it is a park with a lush greenery that retains the traditional original scenery centered on Tenno Moriizumikan, and abundant spring water that nurtures fireflies and wasabi.
The Tenno Moriizumikan is the main building of the former Shimizu Silk Mill. It is the only silk-related relic that remains in the city built in the Meiji era, reminiscent of the Izumi, Iida, and Akuwa districts were a major silk industry area. In January 1998, it was selected as a Yokohama City-certified historic building.

８： Tosenji Temple

It used to be located along the Sakai River, but it is reported that it was relocated around 1590 (1590) by the local lord Tameharu Hagimoto, due to repeated floods. The temple of Kamakura Ryuhoji Temple in the Soto sect. The mountain name is called the giant tree mountain, and the large ginkgo in front of the mountain gate is designated as the city's famous tree Furuki.
In addition, the Yakushi-do on the precincts, there is a statue of Yakushi Nyorai, who was the guardian of Kamakura warlord and Goro Iida Ieyoshi.

９： Kotohira Shrine

Kotohira Shrine, which enshrines the guardian deity of flood control, has been known as Konpira of Iida in the Edo period, and has been known as Konpira of Iida.
According to the Shinto-Buddhist separation order in 1869 (1869), it has become independent as Kotohira Shrine, whose gods are the gods of the great lord (Omononushi no Kami) and Emperor Takashi Toku. Tenman-gu Shrine, Yasaka-jinja Shrine, Inari Shrine, Shirayama Shrine, etc. are enshrined in the precincts.

10: Fujitsuka Park

There is a park with a stone monument of "Fujitsuka Castle Ruins" in Fujizuka housing complex. It is said that this area was the place where Goro Iida Yoshie's house, which saved the crisis of Yoritomo Minamoto. Before the development, there were depressions and other places that seemed to be the ruins of the sky moat and such place names.
In 1899 (1899), Olympic towers and ossuary bottles were excavated. The excavated items are enshrined at Tosenji Temple. The people in the area thought that it would be Mr. Iida's tomb, and set up a monument to "Koken Daibosatsu" and memorialized.

11: Minoguchi (Minoguchi) Ienagamon

The Kamakura Road in Iida is called the "Upper (West) Road" and was an important road connecting Kamakura with the land related to Nitta and Ashikaga and the Shinano area. The Minoguchi family has been working as masters and village chiefs for generations, and Shun Ko, a native of our family, is a poet under Basho's gate, and the related materials have become Yokohama City's regional tangible cultural properties [historical materials].
Nearby is Hie-jinja Shrine, which is said to be the god of the Mochida and Minoguchi families. (Because it is a general house, you cannot visit inside the gate.)

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