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An artesian well at the back of Matsumoto Castle. When a well was dug during the maintenance of the castle town by Sadayoshi Ogasawara, a stone monument carved from the origin, which is said to have been given this name due to the appearance of the Jizo-sama along with the water, stands by it. One of the "Matsumoto Castle Town Spring Water Group" in Heisei.

Matsumoto is a town of abundant and good quality spring water; this well water, which has been awarded the title "Seisen Spring Out of Japan's First Great Water Tosu", has been used for drinking and sake brewing since the Edo period. It has been designated as a special historical site of the city of Matsumoto.

In the western part of the city of Matsumoto, there is a communal bathhouse at the Meiyu and Mikahara Onsen. Located on the first floor of the Fureai Yamabe-kan, where there is also a training room and a meeting room, it has long been loved by local customers. There are inner baths and open-air baths for different men and women, so you can enjoy the beautiful skin of the alkaline simple hot springs.

The collection was collected by Taro Maruyama, a bearer of the folk art movement in the city of Matsumoto, in resonance with the folk art movement advocated by Muneyoshi Yanagi and others. It was created in 1962 and became a facility in Matsumoto City in 1983. In the hall, there are folk crafts collected from Japan and abroad, including the Matsumoto chest, as well as ceramics, dyed weaves, and glass products. As the purpose of the folk art movement, the exhibits focus on the functional beauty of the crafts created by the technique of an unnamed craftsman, "the beauty of yō". It holds a planned exhibition several times a year. I would like to admire the sturdy houses and gardens with thick beams in the construction of the storehouse. Take 30 minutes.

A facility that dismantled and restored the Yamabe school, which remains in the satoyama area on the outskirts of Matsumoto City. After completing four years of seismic construction, the building was reopened as the Matsumoto Municipal Museum Branch in April 2019. It exhibits the characteristics and education of the Yamabe school building, as well as the life and industry of the Yamabe area. The school building is a two-story wooden building built in 1885 by village fees and donations from residents. The octagonal pagoda and the entrance are placed in the center to incorporate Western-style elements, and are organized in traditional designs such as the Namako Wall and the entrance of the staggered bird. It was called "shoji school" to the "Giyaman school" of the former Kaichi school. In 1985, it was designated as a treasure in Nagano Prefecture.

An ancient temple of the Shingon sect in Satoyamabe [Satoyamabe], a suburb of Matsumoto City; it is said to be the Kaiki of Shōtoku Taishi, and in the precinct is a service tower of the Matsumoto feudal lord Kazumasa and his wife, Kazumasa Ishikawa, was used as a temple hut at some times, and was also deeply involved with the Yamabe school.

A temple of the Jodo sect, halfway between Asama Onsen and Migahara Onsen, with the foot of Mt. In Kanbun 9 (1669), the Matsumoto castle owner and the third generation of the Mizuno family built a place, and since then it has flourished as a bodhi-ji temple of the Mizuno family. As many as 1350 more buttons bloom in early May in the gardens of the precinct. The Genkoji Botan Festival and Gagaku Concert are held on the second Saturday and Sunday of May. Banryujinto [Banryujonin], who opened the mountain at Mt. On the approach to the road is the statue of Haritaka Jojin, erected in 1929. There is an English interpreter.

A day bathing facility in a wooden private house-style building with a tile roof and white walls. The first floor is a bathhouse (for men and women), and there are bathtubs such as large bathhouses, open-air rock baths, water baths, and saunas, so you can enjoy the hot springs and create your health. The second-floor great hall is a Japanese-style room room and a sleeping room. A free foot bath is also installed outdoors.

Biwako no Yū was a yū gōden created by the Matsumoto feudal lord, Yasunaga Ishikawa, along with his castle town maintenance. In recent years, it has become a day-trip hot spring facility by its 16th generation owner from Tamori and Koguchi Rakusai (Oguchi Rakusai) (Ishikawa Masamitsu), who took over the management of Tamu. There is also an open-air bath and a sauna for a cypress in Uchiyu, apart from the temple's field bath. In the garden, the red sape slipper blooming in mid-summer and the kangang hand-planted pines have become large trees across time.

Within the Asama Onsen, there are a number of local communal bathhouses that make use of the abundant hot springs. Among them, Senki-no-yu is the hot water that flows from the source, and tourists can easily visit. Enjoy bathing and purchasing information of travel from local people. A fountain is also possible.