Kuji Stream

Kyuzo Mifune

A judoka from Kuji City. A petite person with a height of 159 cm and a weight of 55 kg, he began judo in junior high school, and after graduating, he moved to Tokyo and enrolled at the Kodokan. In 1930, he won the special match at the first All Japan Judo Championships. He studied under Sakujiro Yokoyama's instructor, 8th dan, and was promoted year by year, reaching the highest rank of 7th dan in 1923 and 10th dan in 1945. He devised many new techniques such as the ``air throw'' and became the prefecture's first Person of Cultural Merit in 1961.

Suwa Shrine

Suwa Shrine is located on a hill overlooking Kuji Port. It is said that Shigetada Hatakeyama, who was ordered to subjugate Yoshitsune, felt pity for Yoshitsune as he tried to escape, so he purposely removed the arrow and stuck it into the trunk of a pine tree in the shrine grounds. It is being At Suwa Shrine, the arrow from that time is enshrined as a sacred object, as well as a votive tablet made during the Edo period.

Tsurigane-do

A gaping hole in a large rock. A bell-shaped rock once hung from the ceiling of the hole. Legend has it that when a couple goes to the afterlife, they meet here and ring this bell before entering the Pure Land of Paradise.