【Designated by the City：Historic Site】Kinsukya-ga

Kinsukya-ga is a cave spring located about 150 m west of the residence site of Kinsukya Tuyumya. The water basin is large and almost a circle in shape with 1 m in depth. There is a 30-step stairway between the mouth and the basin.“Yoseikyuki” (1727) states that “Kinsukya-ga is a cave spring, but the year of excavation is unknown.” Also, in “宮古・八重山両島絵図帳,” a map issued in 1647, the name of Kinsukya Village can be found. Furthermore, in a folklore created when Nakasone Tuyumya landed on Yaeyama, the name of Kinsukya is mentioned. Therefore it is reasonable to say that Kinsukya-ga is related to Kinsukya Village.
Although Kinsukya-ga apparently became unfit to use as a source of drinking water in later years as sea water flows in with changes of the tides, it is indeed a valuable cave spring that indicates the relations with Kinsukya Village and Kinsukya Tuyumya.