Kitababa Yanagi Well

It's near a convenient car park

One of the Matsumoto Ido series. The water hardness here is 51mg/L, so it's neither too soft nor too hard. If you are used to commercially available water, it may feel a little hard. Of course the water quality was good. When I visited, there were people mowing and maintaining the area around the well. I once again realized that it is thanks to these people that we are able to easily use the well for free. That's a blessing...

I stop by this well every day on my way home from work. When I get home, I go straight to the bathroom, cleanse my whole body, change my clothes, and then use this water to make mizuwari. Gubi, Gubi while looking at the sunset clouds and the ridgeline of the Northern Alps! I receive my daily bliss from this well.

I happened to come across it while sightseeing and stopped by. There are wells like this all over Matsumoto, so if you have a water bottle you don't need to buy water. When you visit for sightseeing, you can take it home and enjoy it with water and soak in the afterglow for a while.

The water test was clearly marked so I could drink it with confidence. I was able to make a Buratamori pilgrimage.