A place in Kumamoto

I am going to introduce the famous place of Kumamoto. There is a place that Todoroki Suigen near my local. It is known for the place that can be drink fresh water. The place is elected to Meisui Hyakusen that places where condition of maintenance good and do maintenance activity regularly by local people at spring water, river and under ground water elected by The Ministry of the Environment.

The Todoroki Suigen’s water works made three hundred years ago, on other words, Edo Era. In those days, the Bourg of the place’s water quality was not good very well. So, made a plan that make a channel of water 4.8 kilo meters with earthen pipe that length is forty three centimeter and the shape is circle. It was completed sixteen sixty three. But after one hundred years, the condition of water works became bad. So, it was repaired that replace to sluice way of stone. The repair was large scale so, took heavy cost, but the stone sluice way not easy to break more over, and became easy that the management of Todoroki Suigen because applied the tube that form combination.

Todoroki Suigen is oldest water works as it use even now in existence in Japan. But we can drink clean water any time and one hundred twenty home use it. On the summer time, we can drink cold water, but we can drink a little bits hot water on the winter time at there.

Todoroki Suigen is admitted historical value like this, elected Meisui Hyakusen. I seldom to go there, but I learn many things from it because I researched it this time. Now, time is summer, I hope to go there soon. (284words/4380words/4664words)