紙にインク, 210mm × 297mm, 2002年 ／ Ink on Paper, 210mm × 297mm, 2002.

湧玉の池

東京からの帰りに、富士宮で降りて富士山本宮浅間神社にお参りした。ここは富士山をお祀りする神社の一つで、祭神は木花咲耶姫命。若く麗しい女神で、桜の花のごとく華やかなイメージ。この神社の境内に「湧玉の池」というふしぎな池があって、年中枯れることなく清らかな水が湧きつづけている。しかも、水温が常に一定。この秘密は水源が安定していることによる。すなわち、この池は、富士山の山体を流れてきた伏流水が湧き出る場所の一つなのだ。あの巨大な山体の下を、年中豊かな水が流れており、その水は麓で地上に湧き出る。透明な水で有名な柿田川や白糸の滝も、その伏流水の湧き出る場所の一つだ。

Wakutama-no-ike (Pond of Wakutama)

At a return from Tokyo, I got off in Fujinomiya and prayed at Fujisan Hongu Sengen Shrine. This is one of the Shinto shrines to enshrine Mount Fuji, and the enshrined deity is Konohanasakuyahime-no-mikoto (Goddess of the flower). The image that is gorgeous like cherry blossoms in young, beautiful goddess. There is the mysterious pond called "the pond of Wakutama" in the precincts of this Shinto shrine, and clean water continues springing out without always dying. Besides, water temperature is always constant. This secret depends on the source of the flow being stable. The underflow water streams down through body of Mt. Fuji, and in the foot of the mountain, the water springs out. Under that huge body of mountain, there are rich amount of water through the year, and this pond is one of spring place of water at Mt. fuji. If I mention other places, Kakita river, famous of clean water, Siraito waterfall, and so on.