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The 3rd installment! Izumi Ward Walking Map ~ From Yayoidai Station to Shimbashi area ~

Last update date December 13, 2023

Discover the charm of Izumi Ward walk from Yayoidai Station to Shimbashi district


The 3rd installment! "Discover charm" Izumi Ward walking map (from Yayoidai Station to Shimbashi district).
Walking around Izumi Ward's historic sites, temples, shrines, cultural properties, etc.
Why don't you walk and find your own 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


"Discover charm" Izumi Ward walk map ~ From Yayoidai Station to Shimbashi area ~

Walking map From Yayoidai Station to Shimbashi district


Highlight information

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

1: Yayoidai Station

Yayoidai Station


Next to the platform of Yayoidai Station on the Sotetsu Izumino Line, there are many cherry trees planted since its opening in 1976 (1976). The cherry blossoms are planted on a slope parallel to the platform, which is about 200m long, and every spring it blooms wonderfully and add color. The petals of the cherry blossoms that inspiration can be seen from the window of the train running in the spring, giving a scenery where you can feel the season.


2: Nishigaoka Park

Nishigaoka Park


In the park in front of the Nakagawa District Center, many cherry blossoms and beech trees are planted. You can enjoy cherry blossom viewing in spring and autumn leaves in autumn. In addition, there are playground equipment such as swings and slides and sandboxes, and it is a local recreation plaza. It is the largest park in the Nishigaoka district with a multipurpose open space (ground) adjacent to it.


3: Eimeiji Temple

Eimyoji Temple


At Magomatsuji Temple of the Soto sect Omotoyama Sojiji Temple, the statue of St. Kanzeon Bodhisattva is enshrined as the main statue. According to ancient documents, it was founded in 1542 (1542), "Okazu-go lord Ota Echizen Morimichi Munemasa (the grandson of Den, Ota Michio). At the time of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, it was relocated to the current Besin Temple, and in 1992 (1992), various temples were completed at the current location (former site, Yamagami).


4: Daisando / Hoshinoya signpost

Daisando / Hoshinoya signpost


The Oyama Road goes from Totsuka Ward to Oyama Afurijinja Shrine in Kanagawa City, and the Hoshinoya Road goes from Komyoji Temple in Minami Ward to Seiya-ji Temple in Zama City. The Fudo Myo Statue signpost in front of Eimeiji Betsuin, "Oyamado" is written in front of the base stone and "Right Hoshino Yachimichi" on the right side. This signpost was relocated from the southwestern part of Fudo Bridge.


5: Nishibayashi-ji Temple

Nishibayashi-ji Temple


This is a temple of the Jodo sect that was opened in 1460 (1460) with Mr. Nakamaru as the founder of Danyo Kanetsu. It is correctly called Kamezuru Yamaichi Shinin Nishibayashi-ji. The main statue of Amitabha Nyorai is enshrined here. "Weeping cherry blossoms" on the precincts are enjoyed by many people every year. There is a black pine tree that is said to be 550 years old.


6: Mishima Shrine

Mishima Shrine


It is said to have been founded in 1536 (1536), and the god of religion is Oyama Gjin. (Oyamazumi no Kami). It is said that in 1590, Hikosaka Kogyobu, Motonari, who built a camp at the current Okazu Elementary School, has maintained the shrine and precincts as a guardian deity. Until 1972, the approach to the shrine was straight from the prefectural road, and Okazu Elementary School rented the approach to the shrine as a schoolyard.


7: Okazu A Reservoir (Biotope)

Okazu A Reservoir (Biotope)


Reservoir temporarily stores rainwater during heavy rains and flows downstream little by little during heavy rain and flows downstream, playing a major role in preventing river flooding. On the other hand, this reservoir has a function as a biotope (German BIOTOP: a place where creatures are located) in normal times. Grasslands and small ponds are created so that creatures (animals and plants) that have inhabited the local area for a long time can breed with the power of nature.


8: Fujizuka (Okatsu-cho)

Fujizuka (Okatsu-cho)


Fujizuka is an artificial mountain in which the people of Fujiko as a place of worship of Mount Fuji as a place of worship of Mount Fuji and as a subject of worship. There are four Fuji monuments on the mound on the west side of Jodo Sokodoji Temple. In front of Fujizuka, there are Fudoson and Kotohira Shrine.


9: Gather mahoroba

Gather mahoroba


Recognized by the "Mahoroba River Development experimental project" (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) ahead of the rest of the country. We have developed a waterside space (Mahoroba) where five people can gather. In the "Gathering Mahoroba", there is a deck at the edge of the water.


10: Goreisha

Goreisha


It is located on a hill where the Sotetsu Izumino Line crosses the prefectural road Seya-Kashio Line crosses the prefectural road, and it is reported that the god of the god was recommended in 1431 by Yamato Takeru (Yamato Takeru). The shrine was renovated during the Kyowa era (1801-3) and the shrine was rebuilt in 1861 (1861) is preserved. In 1952, it was burned by an unexpected fire, and it has been renovated to the present day.


11: Nakamaru Ienagayamon

Nakamaru Ie Nagayamon


The wooden two-story Nagaya Gate, built in the middle of the Meiji era, was selected as a "Yokohama City Certified Historic Building" in 2001. In addition, "Nakamaru Ie Nagayamon and its surroundings" won the "Yokohama, People, Town and Design Award (Izumi Ward Landscape Category)."


12: Relaxing Mahoroba

Rest mahoroba


Rest facilities such as azumaya and benches, toilets and open spaces for wheelchair users are also provided to ensure that the scenery of the river is harmonized with the Nakamaru Ie Nagaya Gate along the river, and to allow people to relax. . "Mahoroba" is taken from the song in "Kojiki" Kageyukiki, and originally means "a place where people live."


※“Charm Discovery” Izumi Ward Walking Map (from Yayoidai Station to Shimbashi Area)”

“Map surface” (PDF: 1,310KB)

“Information” (PDF: 676KB)

Contact information

Regional Promotion Division Residents Business Section (3rd floor, 309)
Phone: 045-800-2392
FAX: 045-800-2507

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Izumi Ward General Affairs Department Regional Promotion Division

Phone: 045-800-2391

Phone: 045-800-2391

Fax: 045-800-2507

Email address: iz-chishin@city.yokohama.jp

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