Toyotakan ruins

Isshuzaka

In the midst of the fierce battle in the Former Nine Years' War, Hachimantaro Yoshiie (Minamoto no Yoshiie) sang a poem "Koromo no tachi wa horo koromare ni koroware ni kakeri" (The hall of the robe is fading), to which Abe Sadatoh responded, "The bitterness of the disorder of threads after years have passed". Yoshie felt this and dared not pursue the poem. This is the origin of the name of this hill, Ichikushuzaka.

Kazuo Kikuta Memorial Hall/Festival Tradition Hall (Esashi City Tangible Cultural Property)

The two red brick storehouses used as memorial halls were built by Zenjiro Ohara in the late Meiji period. Tozo was used as the Kazuo Kikuta Memorial Hall, and when Kikuta and his family evacuated to Esashi, the view from the inn was the red roof of the Meiji Kinen Hall (then Iwayado Town Hall) with its pointed hat. We are exhibiting materials from his life and works, with a focus on materials from ``The Hill Where the Bell Rings''. As a ``Festival Tradition Museum,'' Saizo exhibits materials on festivals and local performing arts passed down throughout the city, centering on the ``Esashi Jinku Festival'' and ``Summer Festival.''

Meigosawa old tiles excavated ruins

Many tiles from the early Heian period, the same as those at Izawa Castle, have been unearthed, and it has been designated as a historic site by Iwate Prefecture. It is also said to be the ruins of the ancient mythical castle, Kakubetsu Castle.