Hijiori [Hot Springs] - Hijiori

Japanese: 肘折[温泉] - ひじおり

A hot spring in Okura Village, Mogami County, central Yamagata Prefecture. It is located at the bottom of the Hijiori Caldera in the middle reaches of the Dozan River, a tributary of the Mogami River, on the northeastern foot of Mt. Gassan. The spring contains saltwater and has a temperature of 32-82°C. It is said to have first been discovered during either the Daido period (806-810) or the Meitoku period (1390-94), and since the Edo period it has flourished as one of the trailheads for the Dewa Sanzan mountains. The name of the hot spring comes from the story that Jizo (also called an old monk or a young boy) born in the nearby Jizokura warehouse broke his elbow at birth and had it healed in the hot spring. There are 14 hot springs, including one excavated after 1926, centered around the public baths of "Kizu no Yu" and "Senki no Yu," and the amount of hot water is abundant.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

山形県中央部，最上郡大蔵村にある温泉。月山の北東麓，最上川支流銅山川中流の肘折カルデラの底部に位置する。含ボウ硝食塩泉，32～82℃。開湯は古く大同年間(806‐810)とも明徳年間(1390‐94)とも伝えられ，江戸時代からは出羽三山登山口の一つとして栄えた。近くの地蔵倉に生まれた地蔵尊(老僧とも小童ともいわれる)が出生の際肘を折り，この温泉でなおしたとの故事が温泉名の由来。〈疵（きず）の湯〉と〈疝気（せんき）の湯〉の共同浴場を中心に，1926年以降に掘削された源泉など14源泉があり，湯量は豊富。

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