Kizu River Area
In the past the boundary between rice fields and mountains were considered as the boundary between the Buddhist life and secular world. A stone made monument stands there as the remnant of the time that people used the place for holding a festival.
"Misogi" a Japanese Shinto practice of ritual purification by washing the entire body under waterfall. People purified themselves when they prayed or at a festival in the shrine a long time ago.
Remains were discovered during a dam construction project. Before sinking under the dam, they were located around the center of the rice fields. A survey revealed that there was a trace of village in the early Jomon period(between around 14,000B.C.–300B.C.)
The Jizo deity statue is a 58cm tall artwork, built in the Edo period for praying traffic safety.
Magaibutsu made in 1566 (in the ninth year of Eiroku, the Japanese traditional name of period). It has ten objects including Jizo deity and Amida's twin rock Buddha.
Magasibutsu is a Buddha carved on a rock face. You can see the Amida Buddha and Jizo deity carved on a huge rock face. It is utterly unique and unparalleled. The name of the period of its building and the name of the Buddhist are engraved.
Amano Tajikarao no Mikoto, a Japanese deity who appears in Japanese mythology, is enshrined, whose name is inscribed on the tea pot.
A coffee shop, "Blan port", operated by an NPO is located in Kiriyama District, in the upstream area of the dam reservoir. "The Nunome Dam curry and rice" inspired by the dam is a must at the shop. In fact, the dam curry is off-menu item. It has two kinds of rice. One is white rice which hints a gravity type concrete dam, and the other one does a rock fill dam with five grain rice. In addition, the curry comes with salad of seasonal vegetables. They are grown in Yamazoe Village, which is so fresh and delicious.
In Nabekurakei kei (Nabekura mountain river) near the summit of Mt. Konoyama, there are large and small rocks lying along it about 650m in length, which looks like a river. It is really a natural creation. How was the unique landscape made? Hints are "Gabbro" and "Granite".
You can see the two types of sheep. One is Suffolk sheep which has black face, the other one is Corriedale sheep whose whole body is pure white. Sheep Rice crackers for the sheep are sold and you can hand-feed to them.
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