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History of Yamashiro Onsen
A healing hot spring where the Yatagarasu (three-legged crow) is said to have healed its wounds.
In the 2nd year of the Jinki era (725 AD), the eminent monk Gyoki, on his way back from a visit to Mount Hakusan, is said to have stopped by this area. It is said that upon finding a three-legged Yatagarasu (crow) healing its wounds in a spring here, this became the origin of the founding of Yamashiro Onsen.
In the 8th year of the Eiroku era, Akechi Mitsuhide visited to heal his wounds through hot spring therapy. Entering the Edo period, the hot spring became a therapeutic retreat used generation after generation by the lords of the Maeda clan, rulers of the Kaga Hyakumangoku domain. From the Meiji era to the present day, numerous cultural figures have stayed here, including Kitaoji Rosanjin, who displayed diverse talents in areas such as ceramics, the poet couple Yosano Tekkan and Yosano Akiko, and the Kanazawa-born writer Izumi Kyoka. For 1,300 years since its founding, this hot spring has remained beloved by countless people, unchanged through the ages.
In the 2nd year of the Jinki era (725 AD), the eminent monk Gyoki, on his way back from a visit to Mount Hakusan, is said to have stopped by this area. It is said that upon finding a three-legged Yatagarasu (crow) healing its wounds in a spring here, this became the origin of the founding of Yamashiro Onsen.
In the 8th year of the Eiroku era, Akechi Mitsuhide visited to heal his wounds through hot spring therapy. Entering the Edo period, the hot spring became a therapeutic retreat used generation after generation by the lords of the Maeda clan, rulers of the Kaga Hyakumangoku domain. From the Meiji era to the present day, numerous cultural figures have stayed here, including Kitaoji Rosanjin, who displayed diverse talents in areas such as ceramics, the poet couple Yosano Tekkan and Yosano Akiko, and the Kanazawa-born writer Izumi Kyoka. For 1,300 years since its founding, this hot spring has remained beloved by countless people, unchanged through the ages.
