Kumagaya Art Museum

Shounji Temple

This is the family temple of the Tamura family, which was moved from Iwanuma to Ichinoseki in the 2nd year of the Tenna era. There is also a Tamura Memorial Hall exhibiting materials related to the Tamura family. There is a collection of Buddhist scriptures, a mausoleum for Hoshoin, the mother of Date Hyōbu Munekatsu, and in a quiet area, there are graves of generations of the Tamura family. There are also monuments in the precincts commemorating Wasan master Yushichi Tanehide Chiba and Western medicine scholar Seian Takebe.

Choshoji Temple

The drum in the main hall of Chosho-ji Temple was created during the Ichinoseki domain era by Takeaki Tamura, who asked Rojuku Abe Bungonokami to grant him permission to play the ``Taiko of Time'', which was previously restricted to the Imperial Palace, the Shogunate, and the three major families. At that time, it was envied by the neighborhood and was even described in songs as ``too much for Ichinoseki''. Currently, the second-generation drum is on display at the Shinkansen Ichinoseki Station concourse.

sauce katsudon

This is the signature menu of Kappo Shochiku, a long-established restaurant located in front of JR Ichinoseki Station. It has now become so famous that it is said to be a specialty of Ichinoseki. A bowl of warm white rice with shredded cabbage and loin cutlet soaked in homemade sauce. It has been frequently featured in magazines and other publications, and customers from within and outside the prefecture come to the store looking for ``sauce cutlet bowl.''