Hakoshima springs Gunma

[ . BACK to Daruma Museum TOP . ]
. Legends about Fudo Myo-O - 不動明王 .
. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼 .
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Hakoshima yuusui 箱島湧水 Hakoshima springs


source : water-pub.env.go.jp/water-pub/mizu-site...

- quote
Clear water counted as one of Japan’s 100 Fine Water gushes out at the base of a 500-year-old huge cedar tree in the precinct of Hakoshima Fudoson Temple in Hakoshima, Higashi-Agatsuma-cho, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma Prefecture.
It springs out 30,000 tons of water per day.
The water is supposed to be the sub-soil water of Lake Haruna.
Legend has it
that the wife of a Warring States period warrior of the Kibe clan was pursued by the enemy and finally threw herself into Lake Haruna. Knowing this tragedy, her son Priest Enko of the nearby temple sent her memorial tablet to the bottom of the lake to appease her soul. The tablet, however, floated out of water in the springs later. This memorial tablet is placed in the temple hall even today.
The spring water
pours into the Narusawa River, which supplies water for agriculture, trout aquaculture and the prefecture’s Inland Water Fisheries Experiment Station as well as the drinking water to the local village. This clear water is so cold that your hand will become numb.
- source : nippon-kichi.jp...



Hakoshima Fudo Hall
東吾妻町大字箱島、箱島不動尊（箱島不動堂）
の脇に立つスギの木（「不動尊の大杉」、樹齢400ないし500年、東吾妻町指定天然記念物）の根元から湧き出す水が、箱島湧水である。湧出量は1年間を通じて1日あたり3万立方メートルで、伝説では榛名湖からの水とされているが、実際にはそうではなく、山に降った雨水が火山灰層を浸透して湧いたものである。湧出後は高さ12メートル・幅7メートルの山雀の瀑と呼ばれる滝となって流れ落ちている。下流の鳴沢川はホタルの生息地であり、地元の住民らによって清掃活動が行われている。
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

群馬県吾妻郡東吾妻町
909 Hakoshima, Higashiagatsuma, Agatsuma District, Gunma






- reference source : fish-azuma.com/fudou... -

.........................................................................................................................

- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

On the third Saturday of March in the Fudo Temple Hall.
箱島不動尊のお祭り


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::


. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .


. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::



. - Join Fudo Myo-O on facebook - Fudō Myō-ō .

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .


[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]
[ . BACK to DARUMA　MUSEUM　TOP . ]
- - #hakoshima #hakoshimasprings #gunmahakoshima -
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::