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Japanese

明治神宮の御苑の中に、清正井という都会では珍しい湧水の井戸があります。
水温は四季を通じて15度前後と一定していて、毎分60リットルの水量があります。
ここは昔から「清正井(きよまさのいど)」といわれ当時この地に屋敷を構えていた加藤清正(城造りや干拓のプロで、通称"土木の神"と言われた武将)が自ら掘ったとされています。
長らくの間、水源はどこなのか、またどのようにして流れてきているのかまったく不明でした。

English

At Meiji Shrine Gyoen, there is " Kiyomasa no I" a well of spring water which is rare in city.
The temperature is around 15 degrees in all seasons and water gushes 60 liters per 1 minute.
The well has called " Kiyomasa no Ido" since long ago. Kiyomasa Kato sinked this well by himself when he owned his house here. He was a general and a professional of building castles or reclamations. He was called " The god of civill engineer".
It had has not been cleared where is the source and how water is coming for a long time.

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