下部温泉
According to “Kai Kunishi”, the legend that Kumano Gongen appeared in the 3rd year of Towa (836) and that a hot spring was founded, the lower village was formed around this hot spring. According to the Nichiren letter from the Kamakura period ("Nichiren saints' relics"), Nichiren performed a hot spring in the area, and during the Muromachi period, the founder and repatriation of Shioyama Koukaji were said to have also performed a hot spring ("Exclamation Words" by). The place name can also be seen in the past book of Ichirenji Temple, which comes to Ichirenji Temple in Kofu (Otamachi, Kofu City). During the Sengoku period, Shimomura became a base to support industry in the Kawachi region, such as Yunooku Kanzan and logging, and the lower hot spring was revived by Mr. Anayama, the lord of Kawachi (Jiro Sano, July 20, 1578) Nobuyama Nobu-san stamped to Aemon and the fate-damaged hot springs), and Ieyasu Tokugawa also took a bath (Kokushi).
It became a hot spring in the Edo period and was also used by Minobuyama Kuonji visitors. In the Sengoku period, an accompanying legend that it was a hidden hot water of Shingen Takeda was added, and in the modern times, the number of bathers increased rapidly due to the opening of the Fuji Minobu Railway (Minobu Line). Designated as a national recreation hot spring area on June 15, 1956.
Former hot springs are so warm that they are designated as “low hot springs” based on the mineral spring analysis method guidelines. Many hot spring inns that use old hot springs have two types: There are various types of bathtubs [1].
In the hot spring camouflage problem in 2004 (Heisei 18), it was found that some of the springs were outside the rules of the hot spring law. It was announced that the temperature was significantly lower than 25 ° C or higher. After confirming that this source met the hot spring law of 25.9 ° C in 1969, it was estimated that the amount of low-temperature groundwater flowing into the spring vein increased, which caused a drop in spring temperature. . As a result, new source drilling was conducted, and as a result, a hot spring source springed in 2006. The new source is named “Shimobe-Oku no Yu hot water source” and has been supplied.