Ujibashi San-no-Ma - Ujibashi San-no-Ma

...The quality of the water was one of the reasons why the tea ceremony flourished in Kyoto, and famous water sources were the Yanagi-no-mizu well at Nishinotoin Sanjo, the Matsumoto-i well at Shijo Higashinotoin, the Samegai well at Rokujo Horikawa, and the Rikyu-i well at Kitano. Particularly famous was the water from the Uji River drawn from the San-ma section of the Uji Bridge, and it is said that Toyotomi Hideyoshi had this water transported and used. In modern times, the spread of waterworks, the increase in groundwater pumping in large cities, and the pollution of rivers and lakes have gradually led to the loss of distinctive, high-quality drinking water, and in recent years, with the increase in Western alcohol lovers, the consumption of bottled mineral water has become prominent. ...

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…水のよかったことが京都で茶の湯を盛んにした一因でもあり，西洞院三条の柳水（やなぎのみず），四条東洞院の松本井，六条堀川の醒井（さめがい），北野の利休井などは名水の名をうたわれた。ことに有名だったのは宇治橋三の間でくむ宇治川の水で，豊臣秀吉はこの水を運ばせて使ったといわれる。近代になって上水道の普及，さらには大都市における地下水くみ上量の増大，河川，湖沼等の汚染などによって漸次個性的な良質飲料水は失われ，近年に至って洋酒愛好者の増大に伴い，瓶詰のミネラル･ウォーターの消費が目だつようになっている。…

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