Village of Lower Chestnut

Roadside station on the Central Structure Line; near the former Kizawa Elementary School wooden school building, in Tyrol, Japan.

A highway that crosses Minami-Shinano, Iida City and Mizukubo-cho, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Since ancient times, it has been used as a way of faith to Akiba Shrine and as a way to transport salt. It was also the path during the Warring States period when Takeda Shingen led a large army to plot the capture of the Enshuju. At the foot of Aozuru Toge at the prefectural border, there remains the site of the Liang no Kishima Bansho (only the exterior can be visited), built by the Tozan clan at the order of Ieyasu during the Sengoku period. However, the section from the area near the site of Liang no Kibai to Aikuru Pass is closed to traffic. You can visit Aikuru Pass from the side of the water.

It was named because of the presence of a sacred place near the peak of the mountain of Morihira, which serves as the water source, and it springs up in the precincts of the Tōyama clan's Bodaiji and Ryōbakuji, which had ruled the land from the Warring States to the Edo period. It was also selected as one of the famous water hundreds of Heisei era, and has never dried up since about 500 years ago. Slightly hard water is rich in minerals and mellow, and is effective for relieving constipation and dieting.