安藤井手(用水路)

20200921 Where is the intake from the Hatto River? I visited Nishimikado. It may not be the water intake point at that time, but there is no doubt that it is the current water intake point. Going from Koge to Nishimikado, near the highest point of (Doriya Pass) on Route 29 (Hato traffic), an irrigation canal runs along the road, and abundant water heads for Koge and Miyatani. It flows down. We will soon reach the Benzaitengu, where the award monument for "Ando Ide", which was completed in about three years during the Bunsei period at the end of the Edo period, will be built. In particular, the most difficult task was to dig up the rocks in the tunnel below, which was solicited from Benzaitengu, and it took nearly two years to travel 456 meters due to the difficult work of excavating little by little with a chisel and a hammer. "Ando Ide" takes water from Yasuishuku, Daimon, Tono, Ichitani, and Nishimikado from the Hatto River, which is about 6 km upstream from here, as a water intake, and after the difficult construction of the Tani Pass. It is a large irrigation canal with a length of 10.8 km that draws water to each village up to Gunya and Miyatani. 202009005 In the afternoon, Imagine the excavation of an irrigation canal such as (Doriya Anai Te trace), and the extraordinary hardships of a total of 257,483 husbands who were involved in the difficult construction and Iemon Ando who was engaged in the command of this construction. Strong determination and ability to execute continue to be told to posterity.

A stone monument stands right next to the Gunya Benzaiten. It tells the history.