[Raiun Park in Shari] Raiun Spring Water and Raiun Shrine Are at A Little-Known Tourist Attraction

Raiun Spring Water

The Raiun Spring Water is a spring water from rain and snow of the Mt. Sharidake, and gushes out at 70-80 m above sea level. The water is soft wate, and is easy to drink. Visitors around the town as well as local people come to here to draw water from a watering facility. It seems that some hotel staffs in Utoro come to here to draw water for their hotel guests. A clear pond and the watering facility come into sight after entering a torii, and water powerfully gushes. A monument of Water God (水神碑) is built at the back of those. The park has lush greenery, and I guess that there are negative ions in the air.

When I drunk chilled water out of my hands at the watering facility, it was easy to drink, and was tasty! The water keep 6 degrees (Celsius) through the year. The tasty water reminded me of spring water of Fukidashi Park (吹き出し公園) in Kyogoku, Niseko. There are some holes on the bottom of the watering facility, so the water can be drawn in water containers without touching the cold water. Besides, Raiun Plastic Bottle (来運ペットボトル) is sold at Roadside Station Shari (道の駅しゃり). Thanks for tasty spring water!

Movie of Raiun Spring Water.

Raiun Shrine

Grounds of the shrine comes into sight after crossing former the river for the dead people and going up the slope approach to the shrine. It takes about 5 minutes from the Raiun Spring Water to the shrine on foot. Large trees grow beside the approach to the shrine, and yezo squirrels sometimes appear. When I visited here, 2 yezo squirrels played tag.

A main shrine and a wooden board to dedicate votive pictures (絵馬) are built at the grounds of the shrine. Judging from the number of the votive pictures, a lot of people came here to attract luck. By the way, the votive pictures are sold at the Roadside Station Shari, and people will dedicate the votive pictures after buying those. In addition, Goshuin (御朱印) is not given.

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