A spring called Kowashimizu, which was used for the newborn Shikibu's first bath, still exists, as well as a miraculous spring called Nekonaki Hot Spring where Shikibu's cat "Some," grieving at parting from her when she was thirteen, was cured as she cried and her body soaked.
式部が産湯を浴びた湧水を小和清水（こわしみず）、十三でこの地を離れた式部との別れを悲しんだ飼猫『そめ』が啼きながら浸かり病を治したといわれる霊泉が猫啼温泉として現存する。