Wakutama Lake
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| Geographical location | Japan , Shizuoka Prefecture , Fujinomiya | |
| Drain | Kanda → Urui → Fuji | |
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 13 '39 " N , 138 ° 36' 40" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 34 m | |
| surface | 0.25 ha | |
Lake Wakutama ( Japanese 湧 玉池 , Wakutama-ike ) is a Japanese hot spring lake located on the grounds of the Shinto Shrine Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha in Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture . It was named a natural monument in November 1944 and a national “special natural monument” in 1952 due to its water, which gushes out as an underground river with meltwater from Mount Fuji through several layers of lava and basalt Heisei time ”. The lake is named after a poem by Taira no Tanemori (? -991) from the Heian period , which describes the air bubbles rising from the bottom of the lake.
The water temperature of the approximately 3.5 liters that gush out of the spring per second is 13 ° C. The water is considered very pure water and is used for ritual cleansing ( 水垢 離 , mizugori ).
Web links
- Tsuji Ryūichi: 富士山 の 基礎 知識 . MLIT , accessed January 20, 2015 (Japanese).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tsuji Ryūichi: 富士山 の 地下水 ・ 湧水 - Groundwater and Springs of Fuji Volcano, Japan. (PDF; 626 kB) In: 山 梨 県 環境 科学 研究所 . 2007, pp. 375–387 , accessed on August 5, 2016 (Japanese, with English summary).
- ↑ 湧 玉池 . In: 国 指定 文化 財 等 デ ー タ ベ ー ス . Cultural Affairs Office, accessed January 20, 2015 (Japanese).
- ↑ 社 殿 ・ 境内 . Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha, accessed January 20, 2015 (Japanese).
- ↑ 国 の 特別 天然 記念 物 「湧 玉池」 . Fujiyamasan Group, 2012, accessed January 20, 2015 (Japanese).
- ↑ 湧 玉池 . In: 百科 事 典 マ イ ペ デ ィ ア at kotobank.jp. Retrieved January 20, 2015 (Japanese).