大滝神社

今日は、朝から大滝神社に行ってみようと決心していました。名水百選にも選ばれた湧水なのでぜひ見ておこうと思ったのです。崇神天皇10年、大滝神社は、武渟川別命（たけぬかわわけのみこと）がこの地を訪れた際に、清水の湧出を「農業のもと、国民の生命、肇国の基礎」と称賛したのが始まりでした。神仏習合時代には滝権現、大滝権現と称していましたが、明治の神仏分離、廃仏毀釈で大滝社と改め、さらに大滝神社に改称されていると山梨県神社庁のホームページに書かれていました。大滝湧水は、三分一湧水（さんぶいちゆうすい）、女取湧水（めとりゆうすい）とともに環境省の名水百選に選定された「八ヶ岳南麓高原湧水群」のひとつで小淵沢高原の大滝神社境内に湧くのが大滝湧水（大滝神社）。日量2万2000tで、真夏でも水温は12～13度を保っています。豊富な湧水はニジマス、ヤマメの養殖に利用され、大滝湧水公園には、つり堀も設置されていて親子の声が響き渡っていた。。

Otaki Shrine
Today, I had made up my mind to visit Otaki Shrine in the morning. The spring was selected as one of the best 100 springs in Japan, so I thought I should definitely check it out.In the 10th year of Emperor Sujin's reign, Otaki Shrine was founded by Emperor TakenuKawawakenomiko, who visited the area and praised the spring water as "the source of agriculture, the life of the people, and the foundation of Choukoku(肇国)."During the period of Shinto-Buddhist syncretism, the shrine was renamed as Taki Gongen or Otaki Gongen, but after the separation of Shinto and Buddhism in the Meiji period (1868-1912) and the abolition of Buddhism, the name was changed to Otaki-sha and then to Otaki Shrine, it was written on the website of the Yamanashi Prefectural Shrine Office.Otaki Spring is one of the "Yatsugatake Minamuroku Highland Springs" selected as one of the 100 best springs by the Ministry of the Environment, along with Sanbuichi Spring and Metori Spring. The water volume is 22,000 tons per day, and the water temperature remains between 12 and 13 degrees Celsius even in mid summer. The abundant spring water is used for cultivating rainbow trout and landlocked salmon, and a fishing pond has been set up in the Otaki Spring Park, where the voices of parents and children echoed.