Title Futara Reisen, Futara Sacred Spring

  • Tochigi
Topic(s):
Shrines/Temples/Churches Annual Events Public Works & Institutions (Museums, etc.)
Medium/Media of Use:
Interpretive Sign
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2018
Associated Tourism Board:
nikkoshitagengokaisetsuseibishienjigyokentokyogikai
Associated Address:
2307 Sannai, Nikko-shi , Tochigi

二荒霊泉


この泉には、二荒山神社周辺で湧出する、二つの聖なる泉の水が引き込まれています。


1つは本殿の背後にある恒霊山(こうれいさん)から湧き出る「薬師の霊水」で、眼疾に効果があると言われています。


もう1つは「酒の泉」です。当地の西約1kmの場所にたつ滝尾神社のほとりから湧き出ています。


「酒の泉」の水で造った日本酒は非常に味がよくなると言われ、毎年春と秋になると、全国の酒造業者がここに来て水を少しだけ汲み、仕込みの種水として利用します。本社の入り口付近に設置された酒樽は、そういった酒造業者が奉納したものまのです。


また、二荒霊泉の水は“若返りの泉”とも知られており、健康や若返りを願う参拝者がここで水を汲み飲んでいます。

Futara Reisen, Futara Sacred Spring


This spring draws water from two different sacred sources at Nikko Futarasan Shrine. The first, called “Yakushi no reisui,” or healing sacred water, wells up from the mountain behind the main hall. This water is believed to improve eye conditions. The second source originates alongside Takinoo Shrine, approximately 1 km west. Known as “Sake no izumi,” sake produced using this water is particularly delicious. Every spring and autumn, sake brewers come from across Japan to take back some of the water to use in their sake making. The barrels of sake near the entrance of the main shrine are donated by these brewers.


The Futara Sacred Spring is a Fountain of Youth, and visitors come here to drink its waters in the hope of good health and rejuvenation.

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