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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Ushiharayama Town residents' forest
1. This Ushiharayama Town residents' forest was created to learn about Nature and heal the mind and body.
2. Follow the course and don't do anything dangerous.
3. Beware of fire, quit smoking while walking.
4. Take care of Nature.
5. Be sure to take your trash home with you.
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Ruins of Aioido
Minamoto no Yoritomo and Bunkakujin met secretly to discuss the revival of the Minamoto clan. It is said that Bunkakujin persuaded Yoritomo to defeat the Heike here, and urged him to make up his mind.
However, after the Meiji Restoration, it was abandoned, and eventually it decayed before I knew it.
Buddha's Path
It was enshrined here to comfort the spirits of unrelated travelers who died here a long time ago.
Every year in Spring and autumn, a memorial service is held on the other side of the river to pray for the safety of those who visit for sightseeing.
In commemoration of this, Yoritomo and Bunkakujin built a temple here to enshrinement the Bodhisattva Kanzenon. This is the so-called "Aioido".
In the 3rd year of Kenkyu (292), Yoritomo, who destroyed the Heike and Fujiwara clans and established the Kamakura shogunate, did not forget the day he met the Bunkakujin and donated 200 koku of the temple territory to Aioi-do.
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During the Edo period, a plague broke out and a large number of people died. It was made to pray for the repose of the souls of those people, and even even now many people come to pray for the health of their children and safe birth.
In addition, this place is the birthplace of Restrooms available, the Izu boat general Watanabe Kihei, who played a major role in escorting Toyotomi no Shigeomi, when Ukita Hideie, the lord of Bizen Okayama Castle (570,000 koku), was exiled to Hachijojima with 13 of his chief servants.
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This trowel mound was completed in November of 2005 (Heisei 17) as a facility dedicated to trowels, the soul of plasterers, and the Japan Federation of Plastering Associations became the construction body. The building is a yen system with a height of 5.5 m and a diameter of 3.4 m. Based on the design and technology of Mr. Katsumi Kimoto (chairman of the construction committee), we are particular about traditional plastering techniques, and it is a building that brings together the best of plastering techniques both inside and outside the building.
At the time of the implementation, plasterers from the Kanagawa Prefectural Federation of Plastering Associations took the lead, and together with plasterers from Matsuzaki Town, Sea cucumber walls on the exterior walls, blue sea waves washed out on the entire surface, and the ceiling with the center decoration of the phoenix are plaster die-cut with star cloisonne, dragon tiger and peony flowers, and a flock of flying cranes are also skillfully painted. The word "Kozuka" displayed on the front is the paintings of Takuboku Terayama by Junichiro Koizumi, the prime minister of the time. Restrooms available is the only nationwide trowel mound in Japan, and the one built by plastering is unparalleled. Inside the shrine, there is a Dedication of the 60 cm size "Soul Trowel", which was hammered by a trowel blacksmith for this purpose, and is the only black hammer in Japan.
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View from the summit of Mt. Mt. Eboshi
From the summit of Mt. Mt. Eboshi at an elevation of 162m., you can overlook the beautiful Coastline created by undersea volcanic ejecta such as Mt. Mt. Eboshi and Senganmon, as well as underwater volcanic ejecta such as Kumomi, Iwachi, and Dogashima.
It is a treasure trove of rare deep-sea creatures such as hawk crabs.
In addition, Suruga Bay, which spreads out in front of you, is the deepest bay in Japan, where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducted under the plate on the Honshu side, and the deepest part is 2,500 meters deep.
It is a treasure trove of rare deep-sea creatures such as hawk crabs.
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Please: The lights in this cave turn on at 8:30 a.m. and go out at 5 p.m. When the lights go out, the inside of the cave will be completely dark, so please do not go inside after 4:30 p.m. to prevent danger. In the unlikely event that the electricity goes out due to a power outage, etc., please do not panic and go out slowly.
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【Former Osawa Gakusha】
In Meiji 6) (1873), it was newly built with private funds and opened as a public elementary school "Osawa Gakusha".
After that, it was converted to a government building in Nakagawa Village Town hall 1889 (Meiji 22) (1889), but the Village Town hall was abolished due to the merger Town/Village 1955 (Showa 30) (1995), and it was moved to its current location in 1993 (Heisei 5) (1993) and restored to its original appearance.
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【A small trip around submarine volcanoes and Coast vegetation to Benten Island】
In the western and southern parts of the Izu Peninsula, the ejecta of ancient submarine volcanoes is widely distributed. After a long period of submarine volcanoes, the whole of Izu was subjected to uplift and erosion, allowing us to see firsthand the inner structure of the volcano, which should have been buried underground.
If you walk a short distance from here towards the sea, you will There are a small mountain called Bentenjima. Originally, it was an island called Ancient Island (Sea Bream Island), but it was connected to the land by estuary construction in 1957.
Walking along the promenade of about 200 meters around the island, you will notice that the rocky area is a collection of many angular rocks. When lava streams down the ocean floor during a submarine eruption, the lava is rapidly cooled by water and breaks into pieces. Scene how a glass cup containing a hot drink breaks when dipped in cold water. What is formed in this way is called "cooling fracturing lava", and it is evidence that lava streams through the water.
The forest of Ubamegashi that grows naturally in the rocky area is also one of the highlights of Benten Island.
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The poet Amejo Noguchi visited this area in July of 1930 (Showa 5) to give a lecture in the Nishi-Izu area. Same as above in praise of this mountain. The villagers have called this "poem" and passed it down affectionately.
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【Kyodo (Turning Library)】
This sutra hall was built in 1810 by Hanbei Ishida, a sculptor from Matsuzaki Town, and the ringzo consists of six sides, with a total of 60 books in drawers. Each side is marked with symbols classified into the 12 zodiac signs.
This style of rotation originated in China and was introduced to Japan along with Zen Buddhism. In particular, it is said that if you rotate this sutra hall once, it will have the same merit as reading and reciting all the sutras.
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