Mishima’s
symbolic bird,kingfisher

Only a few minutes walk from Mishima Station, people can enjoy streams of spring water.
Over the years many novelist have loved this city and used it as a source of inspiration for their novels.
Since 2002 Mishima’s government and citizens have been making efforts to transform Mishima in to a more enjoyable
place or visitors by maintaining and reviving its beautiful scenery. Please have a good time walking around Mishima.
No. ＝ Explanations are on the back of the map.

A 5 km walk takes about 2 hours.
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The Mishima Chamber ofCommerce and Industry
TEL.055-975-4441
FAX.055-972-2010
http://www.mishima-cci.or.jp
info@mishima-cci.or.jp

Mishima-Baikamo-no-Sato（the pond where Mishima Baikamo grows)

Nakazato-Onsuichi (reservoir)
You can get a nice view of Mt. Fuji here.

The Museum of Mishima-Goyomi(calendar)& Mishima-Chawan(tea bowl)

Cooperation:Global InterculturalAssociationCMYKNatural Spots① Kingfisher
A kingfisher is the symbolic bird of Mishima. It has a long bill and its blue
back makes a beautiful contrast with its orange belly. In early spring, you
can see a cock court a hen, feeding fish to her from mouth to mouth. But now
they are disappearing from rivers with decreasing feeding places caused byurbanization.

② Firefly

Once a lot of fireflies were seen around Genbe-Gawa. But since the springwater in Rakujuen was reduced, the river dried up. As a consequence,fireflies disappeared from there.
In 1992 Genbe-Gawa was restored with the cooperation of local company,releasing cool water to the river. In the following year, the larvas of released
fireflies emerged. Since then, you can see fireflies at the beginning of May.
People clean the river regularly and release snails for feeding fireflies. Now,
every year the fireflies of the Genbe-Gawa are among the earliest to appear
in Japan.

③ Mishima Baikamo

At first Mishima Baikamo was found at Kohama Pond in Rakujuen Parkand it was transplated here. The name Baikamo derived from the shape of
this flower which is similar to that of ume tree, baika.
It grows only in pure cold water and it is very sensitive to water pollution.
Although the period of their blooming is usually from May to September, they
bloom all year around in some places. Original one in Mishima has died out.
So Mishama Baikamo that now exists was raised up in the Kakita-Gawa(river)and then transplanted to Mishima.

④ A Fragrant Olive (At Mishima Taisha(Grand Shrine), National Natural Treasure)

The biggest fragrant olive tree in Japan which is about 1200 years old isdesignated as a Precious Natural Treasure. Pale golden flowers bloom twice
every September. The fragrance of the flowers is said to be widespread for 8km around.

⑤ Shirataki-Koen (park)⑦ Genbe-Gawa (river) (from Kohama-Ike in Rakujuen , total length, 1.5km)

This river was named after the man whose name is Genbe Terao, whomade a great effort to make this river. According to the urban growth thegreat amount of water began to decrease rapidly and the river was completely polluted. In 1995 the government made this area into riverside park. Atthe same time TORAY company began to discharge cool water into theriver.
Now with well-arranged landscape it has come to life again.
The residents set up “Genbe-Gawa wo aisuru Kai” a group that loves theGenbe-Gawa. They clean the river regularly, breed fireflies in it and do
many other activities to keep the river clean.

⑧ Sakura-Gawa (river) (from Komoike-Koen and Shirataki-Koen)

It passes by the Mishima Taisha and goes down to the south of Mishima.
As it flows, it branches into small streams and irrigates rice fields. Willows
are planted along a part of the riverside, which is called Mizukami street,from Shirataki-Koen to Mishima Taisha and the sidewalk is well arranged.
You can enjoy walking here looking at the monuments of twelve famouswriters, such as Osamu Dazai and Bokusui Wakayama, who loved Mishimavery much.

⑨ Goten-Gawa (river)

The Goten-Gawa branches off from the Sakura-Gawa at the water gate near
Sirataki-Koen. As a lot of water flowed down making a sound “Don Don” atthis water gate, it was called “Don Don Buchi(pond)” . Don Don is the soundexpressing how water runs down.

⑩ Shinomiya-Gawa (river)

The name of this river comes from Izu Shinomiya-jinja (shrine) which issituated on Miyazima(island) in Kohama-Ike.
Its source is Kohama-Ike. It had been a duct for a long time, but in 2004 itscover was taken off and it became a clean natural river flowing spring water.

Tall zelkova trees offer us refreshing shade in Shirataki-Koen. Melted snow
water from Mt. Fuji springs out here and there in the park. It joins thestream from Komoike and makes the Sakura-Gawa.
In the old days a lot of spring water flowed down into Sakura-Gawa like awaterfall. The name of Shirataki means white waterfall.

⑪ Komo-Ike-Koen (park)⑥ Miyasan-no-Kawa (river) (Hasunuma-Gawa) (from Kohamaike in Rakujuen , total length, 1km)

In the 2002 Mishima City designated Nakazato-Onsuichi as one of the 12
viewing points of Mishima, because beautiful Mt. Fuji can be seen fromthere.

People commonly call it Miyasan- no- Kawa, because the country house ofmiyasan, Prince of Komatsu, was in Rakujuen. It was made as irrigation
stream. Since the spring water diminished, the stream was polluted.
People worried about this and negotiated with the local government andasked TORAY company to discharge their cooling water to the river.
Since then the river revived with clear water.
The people of this area formed “Miyasan-no-Kawa wo mamoru Kai” theAssociation of Protecting Miyasan-no-Kawa, and clean the river and arrange
flowers regularly.

The spring water in the park is the source of the Sakura-Gawa. It is said
the plants called makomo clustered around here in the old days. That is why
this park has been called Komo-Ike-Koen(park).

⑫ The View from Mishima Nakazato-Onsuichi (reservoir)

Historical Spots⑬ Mishima-Goyomi (calendar) ＆ Mishima-Chawan (tea bowl)

Mishima Goyomi issued by the Kawai Family in Mishima, was one of theoldest and best wood block printing local calendars in the Kanto area.
According to the Kawai Family’s history, in the 770s their ancestors camefrom Yamashiro-no-Kuni located in the southern part of Kyoto to Mishima topray at Mishima Taisha. Since then their descendants have settled inMishima and issued calendars for generations.
Mishima-Chawan
Mishima-Goyomi has a close relation with Mishima Chawan. In the 16thcentury the high class people often held tea gatherings and liked using thetea bowls made in Korea. The designs of the tea bowls were exactly alikethose of Mishima-Goyomi. So they named the Korean tea bowl MishimaChawan.

⑰ Eight Paths of Mishima

In the Edo period there were three main roads, Tokaido, Koshukaido andShimodakaido in Mishima. On the other hand there were also eight paths
called Mishima-Ya-Koji path. ‘Ya’means eight and ‘koji’ means path.
They say those who could say the names of the Mishima-Ya-Koji fluently at
Hakone checkpoint could pass there easily without their passports, ‘tegata’.
Ajari-Koji
Kanaya-Koji

Sakura-Koji
Ueno-Koji
Shitano-Koji
Hoso-Koji
Chikurinji-Koji
Suge-Koji⑭ The Grave of Dutiful Dogs

In the end of Edo period there lived a mother dog and her 5 puppies under
the floor of the main building of Enmyouji. They were happy, but one day
one of the puppies died of illness and their mother also got sick. Then the 4puppies took very good care of their mother by carrying food every day. But
in spite of their kind care she died. They were so sorry for her and stayed
there with her and finally all of them died.
The priest of the temple was so moved by their filial piety that he built
the stone monument for them to let people know their family love.

⑮ The Remains of Taikoji (temple)

This temple was built at the end of the 7th century as the private templeof Jobu Fukama who had a close relationship with Mishima Taisha. Thelarge territory of the temple occupied a lot of area in the center of Mishima.
Later in 836 Taikoji became a substitute Kokubunniji for nuns, because theoriginal Kokubunniji was burnt down. Now we can see the remains of thefoundation stone of Taikoji at the precinct of Yusenji.

⑯ The Foundation Stone of Izu Kokubunji (temple)

In the 741 Izu-Kokubunji was built by the order of the Emperor Shomu.
The land area of the temple was 214 square meters. Now eight foundationstones remain of seven-storied pagoda, which were northern part of thepagoda. The seven-storied pagoda is supposed to have been 60 meters tall.

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A reconstruction diagram of the seven storied
pagoda in Kokubunji (temple)