Y ou can use free W i- Fi at the tourist route of Mishima- City. ■Name（SSID） Mishima Sta. 100m 200ft MISHIMA FREE Wi-Fi North Mishima Sta. Toruist Information Mishima Sta. Daiba Riv. ■Service Providing Area South Mishima Station North Izuhakone Railway Sunzu-Line Mishima Station South Mishima Tourist Information Book Rakujuen Park Association Shirataki Park Rakujuen Park Shirataki Park Genbe River North-Side Sakura Riv. Genbe River South-Side Hasunuma Riv Genbe River North-Side Goten Riv. Toki-no-kane Bell Mishima Taisha Genbe River Shrine Honcho South-Side The Old Tokaido Road Mishima Taisha Shrine Honcho Commerce and Tourism Division Mishima-Hirokoji Sta. Mishima City Toki-no-kane Bell To Numazu This service can be used free of charge up to 60 minutes in one day. Conditions of Use (The service can be used for 15 minutes per session, up to four sessions in one day.) Use is free of change for everybody. Tourist Information Mishima Tourist Commerce and Tourism Division IZU HAKONE Mt.FUJI 〒411-0036 Association Mishima City 16-1 Ichibancho, 〒411-0036 〒411-8666 Mishima-shi, Shizuoka-ken 2-29 Ichibancho, 4-47 KitaTamachi, TEL: 055-946-6900 Mishima-shi, Shizuoka-ken Mishima-shi, Shizuoka-ken FAX: 055-946-6908 4th floor of the hall of TEL: 055-983-2656 Open all year round Mishima Chamber of Commerce TEL: 055-971-5000 I nq u i r i es I nq u i r i es i nf o @ m i sh i m a - k a nk o u . c o m sy o u k o u @ c i ty . m i sh i m a . sh i z u o k a . j p ※ The information of this journal is as of March 2018. Homepage ※ Some of the images are included in the published pictures. ※ Events may be canceled due to weather etc., or be postponed. ※ The time required for each facility is a standard. Edited/Published by Commerce and Tourism Division Mishima City March,2018 English version Gifts from Mt. Fuji you come across around the Mishima area 3 Shirataki Park / Sakura River 白滝公園／桜川 Stroll along a little streams 7-minute walk from JR Mishima Station South Tall trees like Zelkova growing in the park create shade, and the abundant melt water of Mt. Fuji where you can sense wells up here and there from lava that is exposed at your feet. You can feel cool once you step into the beauty of running water the park, undoubtedly a symbol of the “Ctiy of We propose how you can enjoy riverbanks in the Mishima area, such as a stroll alongside a river Water”, Mishima. There are benches along the with a comfortable breeze blowing across the river. Sakura River where you can take a break. Shirataki Park Sakura River You can enjoy strolls throughout the seasons in Mishima with its mild climate even in winter. 歴 史・風 致 Experience little stream 体験 Experience the little stream of Genbe River by walking in the river or on steppingstones along the river. A moment when you relax 4 Genbe River by crystal clear water and streams 源兵衛川 5 Hasunuma River 蓮沼川 Mishima City, located in the eastern part of Shizuoka 7-minute walk from JR Mishima Station South Prefecture with Mt. Fuji close by, has been known as the An irrigation canal about 1.5 km long that runs from Kohamaike Pond 7-minute walk from as its source to Nakazato-Onsuichi（Water Heating Reservoir）, a pond JR Mishima Station South “City of Water” in recent years. This is because of a built to warm water for rice growing. The trail is also developed as a part As its source is Kohamaike Pond in number of clear streams running throughout the city. The of the Seseragi route (a little stream) , and there is a promenade with Rakujuen Park, where an imperial villa of melt water from Mt. Fuji is welling up in the city running steppingstones in the river. During the summer time, you can see Komatsunomiya (a court noble) is located, through the layers that flowed out from the eruption of spring water gushing out here and there, which makes you feel cooler. local people call it Miyasan-no-kawariver This river is registered as a World Irrigation Facilities Heritage. with affection. Mt. Fuji. Mishima has layers called the “Mishima stream of lava,” Photo : Nakazato-Onsuichi（Water Heating Reservoir） 1 which contributes greatly to spring water. Kamiiwasaki Park Mechanism that creates the welling of a clear stream The “Mishima stream of lava” is the layers made of hardened lava that flowed from the eruption of Mt. Around Station Fuji approximately 10,000 years ago. It is said to be 2 km wide and 100 m thick, extending 30 km from in Mishima 1 Kamiiwasaki Park MAP Mt. Fuji to the Mishima Station. The stream of lava is made of basalt within which water easily flows and keeps a large amount of underground water that comes from the melt water of Mt. Fuji and rain at the 上岩崎公園 Row of Ginkgo Daiba Riv. foot of the mountain. Some say the amount of underground water is equivalent to that of Lake Biwa. 24-minute walk Nihon Univ. from JR Mishima Station North This underground water flows to the lower stream over 26–28 years and gushes out as spring water around Mishima Station and the Kakitagawa in the lower stream. A park full of water and green. As the summer comes closer, the “device of seseragi (a little stream)” flushes water and children can play in the water. From the neatly developed trail, you can see the 7 Mizunosono Green Area 水の苑緑地 Tokaido Shinkansen Line Mishima Sta. Ayukaeshi-no-Taki (waterfall that ayu fish Tokaido Line JR Mishima Station→9-minute walk Tourist Information cannot climb over), where water falls with a from Mishima Tamachi Station of Izu Hakone Railway Kamiiwasaki Park Izuhakone Railway 2 splash. Sunzu-Line Rakujuen Park Daiba Riv. A water park built to make the most of the richness of nature in the Mishima Station Gate Komoike Park Rakujuen Park Parking lot midstream of the Genbe River. Many plants grow thick in the Komoike Park Rakujuen Umegoten The House of well-maintained park where you can enjoy the beauty of the harmony 2 Park Rakujuen Park Mishima Lunar Main gate 菰池公園 Rakujukan 3 Shirataki Park Calendar Publisher between water and greenery each season. Hearing the murmur of spring Mizube-no-Bungakuhi Mishima Taisha Shrine water and the rustling of leaves, you can enjoy feeling cool while walking. 5-minute walk (Literary MonumentsSakura Riv. along the River) Mishima-Taisha from JR Mishima Station South Museum of Hasunuma Riv. 5 4 Genbe Riv. art treasures Colorful carp enjoy swimming in Komoike Goten Riv. 6 Kaminari Well 雷井戸 Shinomiya Riv. Pond, a source of the Sakura River. Please The Old Tokaido Road JR Mishima Station 9-minute walk Honcho → Twer take a break on a bench at the waterside. Mishima-Hirokoji Sta. from Mishima Tamachi Station of the Izu Hakone Railway This well used to be called Tamachi Channel and served as Tourist Information Toilet Goten Riv. Genbe Riv. To Numazu a source of simple water supply that provides drinking water Shrine Toilet For Disabled Izuhakone Railway Sunzu-Line Shinomiya Riv. for 70 households of local residents. Currently, this well is not Iinari-Jizo Mishim-Tamachi Sta. Temple Police Box (Stone Statue Kaminari Wall 6 of Jizo) used for daily water, but the scenery offers a cool Sakura Riv. Mishima Baikamo Pond Bank Parking Ryusenen Garden atmosphere along with the Shinomiya River running nearby Mizunosono 7 Komoike Park Green Area and blooms of Mishima Baikamo (water plant of genus Mizunosono Green Area Post Office Station 100m Sano Art Museum 200ft Ranunculus). 1 2 Mishima Taisha Shrine Treasure of Mishima Tokaido Shinkansen Line MAP Mishima Sta. Hatsumoude (New Year’s visit to a shrine) Tokaido Line Annual events Otauchishinji (rice field festival) (January) isit to a shrine durin e ear’ holiday is alled atsumoude Tourist Information Mishima Taisha Shrine 三嶋大社 For the first three days of the New Year, about 600,000 people visit Rakujuen Park the shrine. Many worshipers mainly from the eastern part of Mishima Station Gate Komoike Park A shrine in Izu country. This shrine is famous for the episode where Minamoto no Yoritomo Rakujuen Park parking lot Shizuoka Prefecture and the southern part of Kanto Region pay a visit. Otauchishinji, a Shinto ritual for a good harvest for the year, is (first Shogun General of the Kamakura Shogunate) prayed here before raising his army and The Mishima Chamber of The House of Mishima Commerce and performed on January 7. Rakujuen Park Industry Lunar Calendar Rakujuen Park Shirataki Park Publisher won a victory in beginning of war battle. Pale yellow flowers bloom on fragrant orange-colored Rakujukan Main gate Setsubun (February) Mishima Taisha Shrine Mizube-no-Bungakuhi Setsubun festival is held on February 3, the day immediately before olive trees aged more than 1200 years, spreading their sweet scent all around. (Literary Monuments Sakura Riv. Genbe River along the River) Hasunuma Riv. Mishima-Taisha the beginning of spring. The festival is a Shinto ritual performed at This is one of the foremost shrines along the Tokaido Road and appears on the historical Museum of art the time when the season changes from winter to spring in order to Goten Riv. treasures scene many times. drive away evil spirits. After the ritual, many visitors gather and scatter roasted soybeans. This event is called mamemaki. Hatsumoude Otauchishinji Setsubun The Old Tokaido Road Cherry blossoms (March to April) About 200 cherry trees are planted in the precincts.