Iyo Yuoka Monument (Replica)
A hot-spring monument in the courtyard of Dogo Onsen Annex Asuka-no-Yu-Zen. Inspired by the Iyo Yuoka Monument, said to record Prince Shotoku's visit to the spa, its inscription is rendered in the script of the "Hokke Gisho".
The Iyo Yuoka Monument (Iyo no Yuoka no Hi) is a hot-spring monument in the courtyard of Dogo Onsen Annex Asuka-no-Yu-Zen. According to the City of Matsuyama, the courtyard of Asuka-no-Yu-Zen has a hot-spring monument expressed in the characters of the "Hokke Gisho", said to be in the hand of Prince Shotoku himself. Asuka-no-Yu-Zen opened in December 2017 (Heisei 29).
Origin
There is a tradition that when Prince Shotoku visited the waters of Dogo, an inscription describing the occasion was set up on the hill of Yu no Oka. The original monument no longer exists, and its text has been handed down as a fragment of the "Iyo no Kuni Fudoki" quoted in the "Shaku Nihongi". The monument in the courtyard renders the text of this tradition in a script associated with the Prince.
Dogo Onsen is said to be one of Japan's three oldest hot springs, and the waters of Dogo are sung of in Book 1 of the "Man'yoshu". The name Asuka-no-Yu-Zen also comes from the tradition of visits by Prince Shotoku and others.
Source: City of Matsuyama, "Historic Dogo Onsen" https://www.city.matsuyama.ehime.jp/kanko/kankoguide/kankomeisho/dogoonsen/rekisiarudogoonsen.html ／ Dogo Onsen official website https://dogo.jp/onsen/asuka ／ "Iyo Yuoka Monument" Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) Last confirmed: October 5, 2026
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