Hello! This is the Matsuzaki Town Tourism Association!
Matsuzaki Town, Kamo District, Shizuoka Prefecture is a town located in the southern part of the Izu Peninsula.
On Mt. Fuji Day, February 23, Heisei 24, we declared "the town where you can see Mt. Fuji the most beautiful in the world".
Please come and see the large panorama of Mt. Fuji that can be seen over Suruga Bay.
We will send out information that will make you captivated by Matsuzaki Town, Shizuoka Prefecture, so thank you!
Matsuzaki Town, Kamo District, Shizuoka Prefecture is a town located in the southern part of the Izu Peninsula.
On Mt. Fuji Day, February 23, Heisei 24, we declared "the town where you can see Mt. Fuji the most beautiful in the world".
Please come and see the large panorama of Mt. Fuji that can be seen over Suruga Bay.
We will send out information that will make you captivated by Matsuzaki Town, Shizuoka Prefecture, so thank you!
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![[Image1]Shimizuyama JosenjiThis temple belongs to the Jōdo sect, a branch of Zōjōji, and was founded in 1414](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/0a9e5f0833571eefe409e650d1a1ee7b78984284.jpg)
Shimizuyama Josenji
This temple belongs to the Jōdo sect, a branch of Zōjōji, and was founded in 1414 (the 21st year of Ōei). The present buildings are part of an old Jōdo temple rebuilt in 1780 (the 9th year of An'ei).
The transom above the main hall features openwork carvings of the Sixteen Arhats, and the rear garden is said to have once been counted among the three famous gardens of Izu from the Edo period.
A clear spring wells up beside the temple, giving the place its name. Tokugawa Iemitsu granted the temple a shuin land allotment of ten koku and two to (approximately 10.2 koku), and the temple held rights over forty-five farms in Mukohama.
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![[Image1]Kashuizan Jokanji Temple of the Honganji Branch of Jodo Shinshu Founder of the school: Saint Shinran](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/807c2f930abaa2ce45a7109e8390f45218fa352a.jpg)
Kashuizan Jokanji Temple of the Honganji Branch of Jodo Shinshu
Founder of the school: Saint Shinran, about 800 years ago
Temple founder: Reverend Jōshin, about 700 years ago
Established: during the Einin era
Revitalized by the thirteenth head priest, Reverend Shokan
Although founded in the Einin years, a great fire in Matsuzaki village in the Genroku years spared only the principal image while burning the temple buildings to the ground. After that the temple used a temporary main hall, but it was rebuilt during the Kōka years by Reverend Shokan and has stood since then.
The main hall is built in the shishinden style, and the worship beam bears carvings by the renowned Edo-period single-blade woodcarver Hanbee Ishida. Hanbee’s works are few, and the powerful motion of his blade is unmatched.
The ceiling and transoms of the inner sanctuary of the main hall are decorated with brightly colored plaster trowel paintings by master craftsman Chōhachi Irie, active from the late Edo period into the early Meiji era.
In addition, the revitalizer Reverend Shokan opened a school from the Kansei years onward. Known as the Kashui private school, it produced some 530 pupils and is said to have been the oldest and largest of the many private schools in the prefecture.
March, Showa 53 (1978)
Recorded by the seventeenth head priest of this temple, Shaku Kōryū
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![[Image1]Ishibe Terraced Rice FieldsIshibe Terraced Rice Fields lie on the western tip of the Izu Peninsula,](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/60947b4965b32fc4b329019b8cd0a987a49ae869.jpg)
Ishibe Terraced Rice Fields
Ishibe Terraced Rice Fields lie on the western tip of the Izu Peninsula, ranging from 120 m to 250 m in elevation, and span 4.2 hectares with about 370 rice paddies. Designated as one of Shizuoka Prefecture’s Ten Selected Terraced Rice Fields, these rare stone-walled terraces in eastern Japan overlook Suruga Bay and, on clear days with crisp air, offer views of Mt. Fuji and the Southern Alps.
In the 1950s and 1960s there were about 1,000 paddies covering some 10 hectares, but most reverted to grassland amid the social changes of Japan’s high-growth era.
In 2000 the community began restoring the terraces as a regional treasure, reviving 4.2 hectares.
These terraces were originally destroyed by a sudden landslide in the late Edo period during the Bunsei era (the 1820s) and were reclaimed through two decades of arduous work.
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![[Image1]The Story of Unomi Sengen Shrine and the GodsAt the summit of Eboshiyama sits Unomi Sengen Shrine. O](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/8ecd2bcb786453a89764392d095b0895664ad87d.jpg)
The Story of Unomi Sengen Shrine and the Gods
At the summit of Eboshiyama sits Unomi Sengen Shrine. On clear days, it offers a superb vantage point with sweeping views of Mt. Fuji and the Southern Alps.
While most Sengen shrines across the country enshrine Konohanasakuya-hime (associated with Mt. Fuji), in the Izu Peninsula there are a few Sengen shrines—such as the one in Unomi, Matsuzaki Town, and the Ōmuroyama site of the Itō clan—that honor only her elder sister, Iwanaga-hime.
In the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki myths, the sisters’ father, Ōyamakui no Kami, offered them to Ninigi-no-Mikoto, who descended from heaven. Because Iwanaga-hime was less beautiful than her sister, she was rejected. The character iwa (rock) in Iwanaga-hime symbolizes eternal life. By abandoning Iwanaga-hime, Ninigi-no-Mikoto and his descendants became destined to have limited lifespans.
Iwanaga-hime, envious of her beautiful younger sister, left a legacy of local legends, including warnings that praising Mt. Fuji on Eboshiyama will bring misfortune or injury.
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![[Image1]Izu Bun Residence This building was constructed in 1910 and once housed a kimono shop. The main hous](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/8c30c13868095efbfb61bda8ad2e695dd22e52e2.jpg)
Izu Bun Residence
This building was constructed in 1910 and once housed a kimono shop. The main house is a two-story wooden structure totaling about 260 square meters, with the front ticket counter and earthen-floored work area retaining traces of the original appearance. Two namako-walled storehouses remain behind the building.
A foot bath is also installed in the park beside the Izu Bun Residence.
Opening hours 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
Closed Irregular holidays
The town accepted the building as a donation from the owner and restored the interior as a valuable historical structure representing the Meiji era. It is now open as a free rest area.
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![[Image1]Origin of Benten Island and Its Promenade In ancient times it was called Old Island (also known as K](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/129ac75e4a44433d2c7076ac4c7e163dd52de9e6.jpg)
Origin of Benten Island and Its Promenade
In ancient times it was called Old Island (also known as Kyodai Island), a small islet once reached from the shore by a bridge; land reclamation at the river mouth in 1967 connected it to the mainland. At the summit reached by climbing the ninety-nine stone steps stands Itsukushima Shrine (a branch of Miyajima in Aki, Hiroshima Prefecture), enshrining the deity Ichikishimahime (Ichikishimahime no Mikoto). The deity has long been venerated as a Buddhist deity and identified as Benzaiten, one of the Seven Lucky Gods, so the islet has been affectionately known as Benten Island or Benten-san since ancient times.
This Benten Island is home to a rare stand of ubamegashi (also called bame; family Fagaceae) in Japan, designated as a local cultural property.
A roughly 200-meter promenade circles the islet, and visitors enjoy strolling while admiring the view of Suruga Bay.
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![[Image1]Manpōzan Kiitchi-ji This temple belongs to the Kenchō-ji school of Rinzai Zen. It was founded in Shō](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/d424f98516d6dd29cb142624ed96cd6767b4d88a.jpg)
Manpōzan Kiitchi-ji
This temple belongs to the Kenchō-ji school of Rinzai Zen. It was founded in Shōan 3 (1301) by the eminent monk Issan Ichinei from the Yuan realm (China). At first it was called Kiitsu-an, later renamed Kiitchi-ji.
The main hall was rebuilt in Kōka 5 (1848) under the master carpenter Ishida Hanbei, renowned for his work on shrines and temples. The temple treasures include a self-portrait of Master Issan, an original hand-written silk scroll, and two volumes of his recorded sayings. A graceful garden behind the main hall is admired as one of Izu’s representative landscaped gardens. The temple is also Temple No. 2 on the Izu Yokomichi Thirty-Three Kannon Pilgrimage and Temple No. 80 on the Izu Eighty-Eight Sacred Sites.
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![[Image1]Funayose Shrine The shrine venerates the deity known by the honorific name Tsumi-hayae-koto-Shiro-nu](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/a3740d15465147ecdb62866709f7bb3d488b52e5.jpg)
Funayose Shrine
The shrine venerates the deity known by the honorific name Tsumi-hayae-koto-Shiro-nushi no Mikoto, who plays a central role in the Izumo myth of transferring the land during the descent of the heavenly grandchild. The divine oracle paper of this deity has long been regarded as a protector of the Imperial Family. This god is also beloved by the people as one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, identified with Benzaiten in Buddhist tradition and revered as Ebisu. As the tutelary deity, worshipers deeply revere it for household safety, prosperous business, maritime safety, and abundant harvests.
Within the sacred precincts there is a twenty-eight-ken archery range where a dedicatory bow festival is held every January 19. The shrine’s autumn festival, held from November 2 to 3, features a dedicatory sanbaso dance and the vigorous Ena taiko drumming performed on a grand scale.
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![[Image1]Namakokabe Izu Matsuzaki still preserves many houses and storehouses with namakokabe walls built in](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/0ef097248d7e3fd2fcc9ac50a7d69acb1b7c2c88.jpg)
Namakokabe
Izu Matsuzaki still preserves many houses and storehouses with namakokabe walls built in a bygone era.
Namakokabe is one of Japan’s traditional wall-plastering styles used on kura (storehouses) and similar buildings. Flat tiles are arranged across the wall surface, and the joints are finished with kamaboko-shaped layers of plaster. The raised shape of the joints resembles a namako (sea cucumber), which is how the style got its name.
Namakokabe was constructed
1. for insulation, moisture control, and pest prevention
2. to guard against fire and theft
and required substantial expense and labor.
The namakokabe at the Kondo Family was built in the late Edo period, and the street lined with these walls is called Namakokabe Street.
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![[Image1]Kondō Heizaburō's Birthplace Heizaburō Kondō, the foremost authority in Japan's pharmaceutical commu](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/3961af38286e9d25eb479fe9fef82e653796a5a5.jpg)
Kondō Heizaburō's Birthplace
Heizaburō Kondō, the foremost authority in Japan's pharmaceutical community, was born in Meiji 10 as the eldest son of the Kondo family, who ran a drugstore. He graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University Faculty of Pharmacy and studied in Germany in Meiji 40. After returning, he became Professor and Head of Pharmacy at Tokyo Imperial University and made major contributions to alkaloid research.
In Shōwa 12 he served as president of The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, in Shōwa 28 he became a member of The Japan Academy, and in Shōwa 33 he was awarded the Order of Culture.
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