Fuyushima no ana-iwa
(Hole Rock of Fuyushima)冬島の穴岩

A Huge Hole Made by a Single Arrow

一本の矢が作り出した大穴

"Fuyushima Hole Rock" is a large rock pierced with a hole, located in Fuyushima fishing harbor.

冬島漁港のなかにある、穴のあいた大きな岩が「冬島の穴岩」。

Long ago, the chieftain of a village that was defeated in a battle in the East sent his wife and child to flee, but unable to escape further, they entered the sea, and transformed into a rock (the present-day Sobira-iwa). The chieftain, who had followed his wife and child, entered the sea and he too became a rock.

その昔、東方での戦いに敗れた村の長が妻子を逃がしましたが、逃げ切れず海に入って岩（現在のソビラ岩）になり、追ってきた長も海に入って岩となりました。

The enemy chief was greatly angered by the sight of these rocks, and shot a single arrow toward them.
The arrow struck the defeated chieftain's rock first, and split it into three pieces (the present-day Oyako-iwa).

それを見た敵の長はたいそう悔しがり、岩に向かって一本の矢を放ちます。
その矢はまず敗れた長の岩にあたり３つに割れました（現在の親子岩）。

Fuyushima Hole Rock depicted in "Picture of Samani Kaisho", Samani Folk Museum Collection

「シャマニ会所絵図」に描かれた冬島の穴岩／様似郷土館所蔵

The arrow then struck the rock that had been the wife and child, and finally spun around, soaring high into the sky, and landed on a huge rock on Fuyushima, tearing a large hole through it.
This was called "Puyosuma" or "Puy-o-suma" ("hole", "there is", "rock"), the origin of the name Fuyushima Hole Rock.

次に妻子の岩にあたり、最後にクルリと一回転して空高く舞い上がった後、冬島の大岩にあたって大きな穴を開けました。
これが「プヨシュマ＝プイ・オ・シュマ（穴・ある・岩）」、冬島の穴岩の由来です。

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