Matsuo Basho Monument

Odd placement, not easy to find, needs better care.

Nikko was an important stop, the 5th station, on Basho's Journey to the Deep North, and there are supposed to be four Basho monuments here, though only two are mapped on the "Nikko Historical Walking ...

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Original Text

The phrase "For a while, the beginning of summer in the waterfall" written by Basho when he stopped by Nikko's Urumi Falls is engraved. In the training of a priest who does not step out of the room for 90 days, "summer mori" is simulated, and "if you stay behind the waterfall for a while, you will hear only the sound of the water, and you will be paid, and it is like the beginning of the summer mori." It seems that it is a phrase that exposes the feelings. It was erected in 1931 to commemorate the founding of Anrasawa Elementary School, but the monument has a shallow stamp, and the explanation board has deteriorated over time ...