袋井市の観光情報 Fukuroi Tourism Information

夏の夜空を華麗に彩る光と音の一大イベント。約3万発という国内有数の規模と質、多彩さを誇る花火大会で、夏の風物詩として県内外に広く知られています。
A nationally prominent 30,000 launch fireworks festival that can be boasted both for its quality and scale. It is a big event of light and sound that spreads across the summer sky, renowned both within and outside the prefecture as a symbol of summer.

室町時代から500年以上続いた神事で、太平洋戦争で中断しましたが、平成2年から有志により梅山八幡神社で再現されています。伝統の衣装を身にまとった稚児たちが、的となる扇に馬上から矢を放ちます。
A shinto tradition that has been practiced for over 500 years since the Muromachi Period. Boys dress up in traditional clothing and shoot arrows at targets from their horses. It was temporarily suspended due to the Pacific War however it was revived in 1990 with the help of volunteers at the Umeyama Hachiman Shrine.

にぎやかな祭り囃子が響くなか、各町内で趣向を凝らした山車や屋台が練り回ります。地域によって、10月の第1または第2の金・土・日曜日に行われます。
Depending on the area the Aki-matsuri is carried out in the first or second weekend of October. Floats and platforms which performers dance upon are paraded through every neighborhood amongst the lively echoes of festival music.

「おかすい」と呼ばれ、多くの人々に親しまれている曹洞宗の巨刹です。応永8年（1401年）頃開かれたと伝えています。別名、「花の寺」とも呼ばれ、春にはボタン苑に60種、2,000株ものボタンが咲き誇ります。禅寺ならではの精進料理も楽しむことができます。
Kasuisai is part of the Souto sect which a lot of people feel a close relation to and is referred to as“ O-kasui” It has been said to have opened in Year 8 of the Ouei Period (1401). It also has a different name and is renowned as “The temple of flowers.” During spring 2,000 bushes of the tree peony grow and 60 types of peonies bloom proudly in the peony garden. Also a Zen temple style vegetarian Buddhist cuisine can be enjoyed.

「あぶらやま」と呼ばれ、多くの人々に親しまれている真言宗の古刹です。大宝元年（701年）頃に、行基が万民の無病息災など願い、薬師如来を祭ったことに始まると伝えています。孝謙天皇眼病の時に、境内「るりの滝」の加持祈祷された水で洗ったところ快癒したという眼病治癒の伝説の寺としても知られ、広く信仰を集めています。本堂内厨子や三重塔は、国の重要文化財に指定されています。
This is an ancient temple within the Shingon sect that many people feel a close connection to and is widely known as Abura-yama (Oil Mountain). It is said to have started approximately in Year 1 of the Daiho Period (701) when Yukimoto enshrined a Yakushinyorai (A Buddha able to cure all ills) to fulfill his wish that all people will have good health. It is said that during the outbreak of eye disease in the time of Emperor Kouken if one washed with the blessed water of the “Lapis Lazuli Waterfall” found within the temple grounds the disease would be cured. As a result Yusanji has become known as the legendary temple able to cure eye disease and is gathering faith from far and wide. The miniature shrine of the main temple and the three-tiered pagoda is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property.

袋井東地区には、東海道の面影を残す松並木と土塁が残され、今も補植を行うなど、地域の人々に見守られています。
There are traces of the Tokaido Road in the form of roadside pine trees and earthen walls in the Eastern area of Fukuroi. Even now the people of this area watch over and try to preserve this image by replanting trees and carrying out other preservation activities.