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. Garden City Mishima A 5 km walk takes about 2 hours. No. ＝ Explanations are on the back of the map. 2019. ８ Mishima Station 2 MAP A-2 1 MAP A-2 South exit of 18 MAP B-1 17 MAP B-2 16 MAP B-2 10 minutes 2 minutes 8 minutes 7 minutes 1 minutes 21 市民温水プール Makomoike Pond 市民体育館 Makomoike Pond Kohama-Ike(pond) in 10 minutes Rakujukan Komoike-Koen park Shirataki-Koen park Megumi-no-Ko 5 minutes Rakujuen (park) (When spring water is gushing) (the name of the dolls) MAP B-2 MAP B-2 3 A B C GanjojiD 15 Koushu Kaido (Sano Kaido) JR Tokaido Shinkansen Line 1 JR Mishima Sta. JR Tokaido Main Line Izuhakone Line Mishima Sta. To Shinfuji Juntendo Tourist Information Literary Monuments 9 minutes Genbe-Gawa(river) 7 minutes University School along the River Kagami-Ike Izuhakone- Ekimae Entrance Komo-Ike-Koen Tetsudo- MAP C-2 MAP A-2 To Numazu Sunzu Line of Rakujuen 14 4 18 No⑪ 21 Daiba-Gawa(Kan-Gawa) Aizen-no-Taki Mishima Tourist Association Rakujuen Umegoten Mishima Civic (Japanese Park) Mishima Chamber of Cultural Center Commerce & Industry Hoso-Koji Main Entrance of Rakujuen 17 No⑤ 1 Mishima Civic Lifelong Learning Center / Manyo Forest Rakujukan Shirataki-Koen Mishima City Library Sengen-Jinja The Museum of Mishima-Goyomi Mizukami-no-komichi Mishima-Taisha ( Calendar) & Mishima-Chawan Mishima City Megumi-no-Ko (tea bowl) Main Shrine of Mishima-Taisha 2 Local Museum 2 Kohama-Ike B No⑬ 16 Literary Monuments Ueno-Koji 14 Honden (Grand Shrine) 3 minutes Hotaru-no-Sato along the River No④ Miyasan-no-Kawa(river) 9 minutes 15 Shitano-Koji Buden Fragrant Tsukiya-no-michi Shinmon 14 MAP C-2 Obama-no-michi Olive Tree South Exit of Rakujuen Sakura-GawaNo⑧ Miyasan-no-Kawa Treasure Goten-Gawa Mishima Genbe-Gawa Museum Mishima Hirokoji 3 51 Mizukami-Dori Cherry Tree Kanaya-Koji 22 Haraido No② Sanshin Jinja Station Gallery Ruin of Izukokubunji No⑦ 3 minutes Nanaju-no-to Soseki ZEN No⑭ Enmyoji To Old Hakone-Kaido (The foundation stones (Kokoinu-no-Haka) Shinchi 22 Stepping-stone Road of ７７storiedstoried pagoda) Old Kamakura Road Sakura-Koji 4 Toiya-Koji Shinomiya-Gawa Tokaido Road No⑥ Chuo-cho 5 MAP A-3 Branch 21 Kokubunji Chuo-Suido of City HAll ato-koen Taisha-no-Mori No⑯ 13 (Shops and restaurants ) Tsurubekko Ajari-koji Sekohonjin-ato Renkeiji Ruin of Mishimashuku Shinchi(pond) and cherry blossoms (Ruin of Seko-Inn) Toiyaba Taisha-cho Branch of City Hall 3 minutes Monument of Basho's Haiku Voice Q(Local Broadcasting Service) in Mishima -Taisha(Grand Shrine) Via701 Higuchihonjin-ato Toujincho Mishima Hirokoji (Ruin of Higuchi-Inn) 3 MAP C-3 Sta. Tokaido Road No⑮ 12 13 Mishima Ichigahara-haiji-toshinso To Numazu 5 City Hall Yusenji (Suitei-Daiyo-Kokubun-Niji-ato) Toki-no-Kane Mitsuishi- Koshikiri-Fudoson Kohama Yousui Shinomiya-GawaMishima City (Stone Statue) 145 Jinja Yanagihara Jinja (Sengandoi Yosui ) Social Welfare Center (Izu-San-no-miya) Goten-Gawa Shimoda Kaido 林光寺 No⑩ No⑨ Genbe-Gawa Mishima 51 Tsurubekko (Child doll 5 minutes Tamachi Sta. Iinari-Jizo drawing water from a well) Toki-no-Kane 東海道 Kaminari-Ido (Stone Statue of Jizo) 11 minutes Sakura-Gawa (the bell of the time) Mishima Medical Center 6 (well) MAP C-3 千貫樋 Mishima-Baikamo- 12 No③ no-Sato Ryusen-en(Japanese Garden) 6 MAP B-4 Mizu-no-Sono-Ryokuchi 9 11 4 (Green Belt) 7 Goten-Gawa 8 21 No① 10 Sano Art Museum Cherry Tree Avenue Tree Cherry Madoromi-Jinja Ecology Center Midori-to Mizu-no-Mori Yusenji(temple) The foundation of the pagoda in Goten-Gawa the17th century is preserved here. 10 minutes To Hakone Kaminari-Ido(well) 6 minutes 1 Mishima Tamachi Station MAP B-4 7 To Shuzenji 6 minutes Mishima Post Office 丸池 5 11 MAP B-4 Route1 Mishima Fire station Genbe-Gawa 1 Look north to see Mt. Fuji. Mizu-no-Sono-Ryokuchi(park) 境川 Smoking is not 1.5km to Kakitagawa 136 ← Ryusen-en(garden) 2 minutes 1 Route136 allowed on the 8 MAP B-4 streets of Mishima. MAP B-4 Recomended 10 course Nakazato-Onsuichi 6 (Reservoir) To Izu To Shuzenji 0 100 200 300 至沼津 To Izu-Chuodo A To Numazu No⑫ Kingfisher, symbolic bird of Mishima 6 minutes Sano Art Museum 4 minutes 9 MAP B-4 9 MAP B-4 A MAP C-6 B MAP D-2 The Mishima Chamber of Commerce and Industry TEL.055-975-4441 FAX.055-972-2010 http://www.mishima-cci.or.jp [email protected] Cooperation:Global Intercultural Nakazato-Onsuichi (reservoir) The Museum of Mishima-Goyomi(calendar) Association Mishima-Baikamo-no-Sato You can get a nice view of Mt. Fuji here. & Mishima-Chawan(tea bowl) （the pond where Mishima Baikamo grows) CMYK Natural Spots ① Kingfisher ⑦ Genbe-Gawa (river) (from Kohama-Ike in Rakujuen , total length, 1.5km) A kingfisher is the symbolic bird of Mishima. It has a long bill and its blue This river was named after the man whose name is Genbe Terao, who back makes a beautiful contrast with its orange belly. In early spring, you made a great effort to make this river. According to the urban growth the can see a cock court a hen, feeding fish to her from mouth to mouth. But now great amount of water began to decrease rapidly and the river was complete- they are disappearing from rivers with decreasing feeding places caused by ly polluted. In 1995 the government made this area into riverside park. At urbanization. the same time TORAY company began to discharge cool water into the river. ② Firefly Now with well-arranged landscape it has come to life again. Once a lot of fireflies were seen around Genbe-Gawa. But since the spring The residents set up “Genbe-Gawa wo aisuru Kai” a group that loves the water in Rakujuen was reduced, the river dried up. As a consequence, Genbe-Gawa. They clean the river regularly, breed fireflies in it and do fireflies disappeared from there. many other activities to keep the river clean. 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. ⑧ Sakura-Gawa (river) (from Komoike-Koen and Shirataki-Koen) People clean the river regularly and release snails for feeding fireflies. Now, It passes by the Mishima Taisha and goes down to the south of Mishima. every year the fireflies of the Genbe-Gawa are among the earliest to appear As it flows, it branches into small streams and irrigates rice fields. Willows in Japan. 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. ③ Mishima Baikamo You can enjoy walking here looking at the monuments of twelve famous At first Mishima Baikamo was found at Kohama Pond in Rakujuen Park writers, such as Osamu Dazai and Bokusui Wakayama, who loved Mishima and it was transplated here. The name Baikamo derived from the shape of very much. 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. ⑨ Goten-Gawa (river) Although the period of their blooming is usually from May to September, they The Goten-Gawa branches off from the Sakura-Gawa at the water gate near bloom all year around in some places. Original one in Mishima has died out. Sirataki-Koen. As a lot of water flowed down making a sound “Don Don” at So Mishama Baikamo that now exists was raised up in the Kakita-Gawa(river) this water gate, it was called “Don Don Buchi(pond)” . Don Don is the sound and then transplanted to Mishima. expressing how water runs down. 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 is ⑩ Shinomiya-Gawa (river) designated as a Precious Natural Treasure. Pale golden flowers bloom twice The name of this river comes from Izu Shinomiya-jinja (shrine) which is every September. The fragrance of the flowers is said to be widespread for 8 situated on Miyazima(island) in Kohama-Ike. km around. Its source is Kohama-Ike. It had been a duct for a long time, but in 2004 its cover was taken off and it became a clean natural river flowing spring water. ⑤ Shirataki-Koen (park) Tall zelkova trees offer us refreshing shade in Shirataki-Koen. Melted snow ⑪ Komo-Ike-Koen (park) water from Mt. Fuji springs out here and there in the park. It joins the The spring water in the park is the source of the Sakura-Gawa. It is said stream from Komoike and makes the Sakura-Gawa. the plants called makomo clustered around here in the old days. That is why In the old days a lot of spring water flowed down into Sakura-Gawa like a this park has been called Komo-Ike-Koen(park).