English Version
Nanasawa Rehabilitation Hospital in Atsugi, Kanagawa, is tied to a few quiet but unsettling local rumors.
Some say that an old-fashioned princess has been seen on the hospital’s spiral staircase. Others claim that the mountain side of the property is home to many local land spirits and animal spirits.
The reason these stories linger may be connected to the land itself. The hospital is said to stand on the former site of Nanasawa Castle. In the late Muromachi period, this area was associated with conflict between Uesugi Noritada and Ashikaga Shigeuji, the Kamakura kubō.
The location is listed as 1304 Nanasawa, Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Because this is connected to a real medical facility and surrounding land, visitors should be respectful, avoid entering restricted areas, and not disturb patients, staff, or private property.
Japanese Language
病院の螺旋階段で古い時代の姫様を見た、山側に土地神や動物霊が多いとの噂があります。七沢リハビリテーション病院が建っている場所は、七沢城跡の上であり、室町時代後期に上杉憲忠と鎌倉公方足利成氏が争った地である。神奈川県厚木市七沢１３０４
