Uwanari-yu (Jealousy Bath)

Japanese

In days long gone by, there was a wife that discovered that her husband had a lover. She killed the lover and sank herself in a deep hot springs. After this unhappy event happened, a strange phenomenon began occurring. Whenever a beautiful woman stands next to it, the water in the pool starts to boil. For this reason, this hot springs bath was named "Uwanari-yu (Jealousy bath)". It is here where "UwanariJinja (Jealousy Shrine)" was built. Although this legendary bath has long since dried up and a new hot springs pool was dug behind it, the red torii or Shinto shrine gate, remains standing from the "Uwanari Jinja."

Folklores in Arima Index
No. 1 Tale : Two Gods and Three Crows of Arima
No. 2 Tale : Saint Gyoki and Hot Springs of Arima
No. 3 Tale : Saint Ninsai and the Spider Guide
No. 4 Tale : Totoya-michi and the Mountain Dog's Repayment
No. 5 Tale : Spider Waterfall
No. 6 Tale : Valley of Hell (Bird Hell and Insect Hell)
No. 7 Tale : Mt. Kumuchi and Cedar Valley
No. 8 Tale : Uwanari-yu (Jealousy Bath)
No. 9 Tale : Tamoto-ishi (Tamato Stone)
No. 10 Tale : Negai-zaka (Slope of Wish)
No. 11 Tale : The Teakettle of Zenpukuji Temple
No. 12 Tale : Kobu-zaka (Lump Slope)
No. 13 Tale : Otoku-san
No. 14 Tale : Funasaka and Saint Gyoki
No. 15 Tale : Fire Protecting Jizo of Konomoto
No. 16 Tale : Origin of Motoyu "Ryuusenkaku"

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1663, Utsugidani, Arima-cho, Kita-ku,
Kobe City, Hyogo, 651-1401 Japan
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