Wakutama Pond

This spring is located within the grounds of the Hongu Sengen Taisha shrine on Mt. This beautiful spring is designated as a special natural monument of Japan. This beautiful spring has also been selected as one of the 100 best springs of the Heisei era.

The source of this spring is subterranean water from Mt. Fuji, and approximately 300,000 tons of water gushes out every day throughout the year with little fluctuation. Furthermore, the water temperature is stable at around 13°C throughout the year.

Yutama-ike Pond is the source of the Kanda River, a first-class river.

It is also known as a place of misogi (purification) performed by ascetic practitioners of Mt.

There is a shrine called Mizuya Shrine in the precincts of Yushidama Pond, located on the north side of the hillside that is the source of the pond’s water.

There is also a place to draw water nearby. There are also a number of other shrines in the vicinity of Yungtama Pond, including Itsukushima Shrine and Inari Shrine.

Yushitama-ike has long been divided into “Upper Pond” and “Lower Pond. In the past, only the “Upper Pond” was called Yushitama-ike, and its lower reaches were called “Mitarashi River.

This spring has been written about by many poets, and many waka poems are also written about this spring as “Mitarashi River.

Words: “In a pond in a place called Fuji on Suruga River, there are various tamananwaku, and when the festival of Rinji is held, the sun will shine and the poets will sing.
Uta:I will catch the kazu that should be caught in the Asamanaru Mitarashigawa no Soko wakudama.
- Taira Kanemori, Kanemori Shu

Words:When the god was worshipped in the Land of Suru-no-kuni, I read and prayed at the Fuji-no-Miya Shrine.
Song: “If the moon of the divine world is no more, then the mistara-ga-ha will be no more.
- Hojo Yasutoki, Shinchokusen Wakashu (New Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry)

Since ancient times, Yushitama Pond has been a place of misogi by the Dosha (worshippers) of Mt.

In addition, a historical document titled “Terabe Meikyoshu” from 1608 (Keicho 13) describes the custom of performing purification at Yungtama-ike during the ascent to the mountain.