Honshoji Temple

Pretty tree museum

A complete exhibition of the forest resources, history, and lifestyle culture of the cute Kawai area of ​​Miyako City. Without constructing any new buildings, we designated the Miyako City Kawai General Office and the Kitakami Mountain Folklore Museum as the main building, and designated 16 characteristic forests in the Kawai area as branch libraries. Would you like to take a walk with a ``Tree Museum Guide'' and be healed in a forest that nurtures eternal life?

Kabuto Myojindake

As you head east from Morioka on National Route 106, you can see a particularly high rocky peak above the Kukai Plateau called Kabuto Myojindake (1,005m above sea level). It takes about 1 hour and is an easy hike. A popular loop course is the one that climbs straight up the northern ridge from the Kukai Kogen Walking Center. If you follow the single road surrounded by larch and birch trees, you will reach the junction with Mt. Miharuyama. After passing through a meadow, a mountain hut surrounded by trees, and a natural grass field, you will reach the top of a sharp rock. The Ou Mountains, including Mt. Iwate, spread out below.

Settai Nanatsumono

It is said that the dance was started by Settai volunteers in the 15th year of Tensho, praying for a good harvest and the health of the people, and during the Osaka Winter Siege, local soldiers who went to the front danced Settai Nanatsumono in between battles, and it was well-received. It is being Since then, it has been passed down from ancestors to descendants, and now many young people in the area have joined the preservation society, and it is displayed at events in various places. (Tools: The name "Nanatsumono" seems to have come from the seven tools: Sakiuchi, Yatsubarai, Naginata, Kine, Tachi, Ogi, and Okekatsugi.) [Date and time] District festival , events etc.