(8) Rakujuen Park ④

(8) Rakujuen Park ④

Seseragi Walking route / (A) Rakujuen Area

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Hasunuma River ("Miya-san’s river")

The source of Hasunuma River is Kohama pond in Rakujuen Park, and the water under Mt. Fuji springs up from there.
The river is called by its nickname “Miya-san’s river” because Rakujuen Park in the old days was used as a second residence of Komatsu-no-miya who was emperor’s family.

Genbe River

The length of the Genbe River is 1.5 km.
The uppermost stream of the Genbe River is from the “Kohama pond” in the “Rakujuen Park” that is designated as a place of national scenic beauty.

Kohama-no-Michi Path

There is “Kohama-no-Michi Path” on the south side of Rakujuen Park.
In terms of geology and topography, this area is considered a lava plateau, where piled up lava ejected from Mt. Fuji, itself a volcano, has accumulated.
The local residents have called the plateau Kohama since old times.

Rakujuen Park

The Rakuju Garden was built as a second villa for Prince Komatsunomiya-Akihito.
The entire garden and buildings stand on the top of the Mishima lava that flowed from Mount Fuji, about ten thousand years ago.



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