Nakayama is in between Narita And Haneda International Airport

Kazura no I Well | the well related to Kafu Nagai

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Kazura no I is a well is in a residential area in the western Funabashi City. There is a stone tablet scribing the name of the well under a large zelkova tree. Kazura no I Well is preserved since it is a municipal cultural asset of Funabashi City since it shows that this area has rich fresh water called 'Katsushika Yusui Gun (natural springs in Katsushika)', so Katsushika had rich water that Katsumata no Ike Pond on the south of the well appeared on the Myriad Leaves. And Futago Fuji no Ike Pond and Futagoura no Ike Pond in the area are also preserved. January 26th of 1947, a famous writer Kafu Nagai found the stone tablet in a bush, after that he visited it a few times and introduced it in his essay. And some guide books published in Edo period such as Katsushika Shiryaku and Edo Meisho Zue introduced it, and Edo Meisho Zue called it 'Kuzu no I' that was a washbasin of Katsushika　Junja Shrine. Why don't you visit Kazura no I Well?

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Kazura no I Well

Kazura no I Well

A Municipl Cultural Asset and a Historic Site
Designated in March 17th of 1965
Adminstrated by Kazura no I Hozonkai (the committee to preserve Kazura no I Well)

Kazura no I Well
Kazura no I Well along Kosaku Road in Kurihara Hongo Village (the old name of this area) was to be the washbasin of Katsushika Jinja Shrine. The well has a diameter of 180 centimeters and it is reinforced with concrete now. Old sayings tell that the water in the well would connect to the Palace of the Dragon King. And it could not be dried up in any terrible drought. Moreover, it has been said that people having agues could be well if they drank the water in the well.
There is a stone tablet in front of the well, it was built in 1812 and Soshiro, a manager of Hongo Village, asked a famous artist Nanpo Ota Shokusanjin to write some sentences on the on the stone tablet. A year after that,this stone tablet and the sentences were introduced by Kindai Suzuki in his book 'Katsushika Zushi Taguribune'. And Edo Meizho Zue, a guide book of Edo, published in 1836, it was introduced in a picture in the articleof Katsushika Jinja Shrine and it is called 'Kuzu no I'.
After that, it had not been written in any articles until Kafu Nagai, a famous writer, introduced it in his essay 'Katsushika Miyage (the souvenirs from Katsushika)' and it became famous again.

The Sentences on the stone tablet at Kazura no I Well

下総勝鹿　郷隷栗原	It is in Kurihara-go, Katsushika, Shimousa.
神祀瓊杵　地出禮泉	It dedicates Ninigi no Mikoto, and the holly water springs out.
豊姫所聲　神龍之淵	People could hear the Princess Toyo's voice, it is the deep water that the Dragon lives.
大旱不凋　湛乎維圓	The well could have never dried up even in any terrible drought, it could be round so long.
名曰葛羅　不絶綿々	It is called Kazura, it would be forever.

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Selected by Nanpo Ota.
Built in March 1813
Soshiro, the manager of Hongo Village

Funabashi-shi Board of Education

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The Map and Access to Kazura no I Well

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Kazura no I Well

• Kazura no I Well has great accessibilities from both Narita and Haneda International Airport.
• From Narita International Airport, take Keisei-line and get off Keisei Nishifuna Sta or Higashi Nakayama Sta, take minimally 40 minutes from Narita Airport. And also take JR Sobu express line, transfer the line at Funabashi to Sobu Local line, get off Nishi Funabashi Sta.
• From Haneda International Airport, take Keikyu-line bound to Narita, and get off Keisei Nishifuna Sta or Higashi Nakayama Sta.
• From Tokyo Sta, take Sobu Express line bound to Chiba or Narita, transfer the line to Sobu-Local line bound to Chiba, Tsudanuma, or Nishi Funabashi at Ichikawa Sta, get off Nishi Funabashi Sta.
• From Akihabara Sta, take Sobu line bound to Chiba, get off Nishi Funabashi Sta.
• Take 5 minute walk from Keisei Nishifuna Sta, take 7 minute walk from Higashi Nakayama Sta, and take 13 minute walk from Nishi Funabashi Sta.
• 6-4-5 Nishifuna, Funabashi-shi, Chiba-ken

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The Landmarks Neighbor Of Kazura no I Well

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