Nakayama is in between Narita And Haneda International Airport

Rakan no I Well found by Kobo Daishi Kukai

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Near Edogawa River, walking down a slope on the south side of Satomi Park, walking down stone steps behind the rose garden of Satomi Park, there is a well called Rakan no I that has a legend that Kobo Daishi Kukai found. Has Kobo Daishi really come here? Nobody could agree with this legend easily. However, many heroes in history of Japan have come areas around Konodai since there was the provincial office of Shimousa built in. There are several other legends existed; Gyoki built Shimousa Kokubunji Temple and Mamasan Guhoji Temple near it. Kobo Daishi Kukai wrote the name of Guhoji in the flame hanged on the Sanmon Gate in Guhoji Temple. Moreover, Masakado Taira rode and fought, Yoritomo Minamoto pitched his camp near Konodai to collect samurai worriers in Shimousa and Kazusa to rise to his arms again. Dokan Ota built Konodaijo Castle in the area now Satomi Park is, of course he had strategic reasons but he might think there was Rakan no I well.
Why don't you visit Rakan no I well in Satomi Park?

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Rakan no I well in Satomi Park

Rakan no I well

Rakan no I well is a well having a legend that Kobo Daishi Kukai found and it was introduced on Edo Meisho Zue (a guide book of Edo in Edo period). The well is on the southern slope of Satomi Park, and this spring has never stopped gushing out for several hundred years. In Sengoku Period, many samurai worriers stayed in Konodaijo Castle could drink water of Rakan no I well. (Now, the water of Rakan no I well is not drinkable.)
Satomi Park and Konodai is on the Shimousa Plateau, so there are not good springs and wells. These environments would be created the legend that Kobo Daishi Kukai found Rakan no I well.


抜粋・引用および参考
市川市ホームページ
里見公園内案内板
江戸名所図会６　ちくま学芸文庫
新編　市川歴史探訪　崙書房
新編　江戸川ライン歴史散歩　崙書房

The Location and Access to Rakan no I Well in Satomi Park

Rakan no I Well in Satomi Park

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• Rakan no I Well in Satomi Park has great accessibilities from both Narita and Haneda International Airport.
• From Narita International Airport, take Keisei-line and get off Konodai Sta, take minimally 45 minutes from Narita Airport. And also take Keisei Narita Sky Access line bound to Nippori Sta or Haneda International Airport and get off Shin Kamagaya Sta, transfer the line to Hokuso line bound to Nishi Magome or Haneda International Airport and get off Yakiri Sta.
• From Haneda International Airport, take Keikyu-line bound to Narita, and get off Konodai Sta. And also take Keikyu-line bound to Inba Nihon Daigaku (Nihon University) and get off Yakiri Sta.
• Take 10 minute walk from Konodai and Yakiri Sta.
• 3-9 Konodai, Ichikawa-shi, Chiba-ken

The Noted Scenic Spots in and around Satomi Park

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