Title Ayame Iris Pond

  • Aichi
  • Mie
Topic(s):
$SETTINGS_DB.genreMap.get($item) National Parks/Quasi-National Parks
Medium/Media of Use:
Pamphlet
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2019
Associated Tourism Board:
Ise-Shima National Park

アヤメ池

5月中旬から6月上旬にかけてこの池のアヤメが開花するとき、花の鮮やかな紫色は、最長で70センチにもなるその高い茎によって引き立てられます。伝承では、約二千年前に皇女、倭姫命が奈良の都から最初のアヤメをもたらしたとされています。倭姫命は、日本で最も重要な神社である伊勢神宮を建立したとされる人物です。この池は、坂手島港から徒歩約20分の丘の上にあります。


Ayame Iris Pond

When this pond of Japanese ayame iris bursts into color from mid-May through early June, the striking bright purple of the blossoms is accentuated by the height of its stalks, some as tall as 70 centimeters. Legend has it that Princess Yamatohime-no-mikoto brought the first iris here to the island from the capital of Nara some 2,000 years ago. She is the same princess who is believed to have established Ise Jingu, the most important Shinto shrine in Japan. The pond is located atop a hill about a 20-minute walk from the Sakatejima port.


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