Kitakami River Source/Yumiyama Spring

Roadside station “Ishigami no Oka”

In addition to providing services such as restrooms, breaks, disaster prevention, and road information, the facility also sells seasonal wild vegetables, fresh local vegetables, handmade dumplings, and side dishes made with local vegetables. The town's specialty "blueberry sauce" is popular. It is also adjacent to the Ishigami-oka Museum of Art, an outdoor sculpture museum, and in early summer, about 20,000 lavender plants decorate the hill.

Kitakami River Clear Stream Taiko

Kitakami River Seiryu Taiko was formed in the fall of 1978 by six young men engaged in commerce and industry in Iwate Town, with the aim of creating a new performing arts in Iwate Town and contributing to the development of a brighter town. Ta. The image incorporated into all of the songs is ``the flow of the Kitakami River,'' and they created their own original taiko drums while referring to the festival music of their hometown. His unique creative method is attracting attention as the original "Hayashi", which incorporates modern sensibilities into ancient drums. Date: Iwate Town Autumn Festival

Kawaguchi fox dance

The Kawaguchi Fox Dance is also called Inari Kagura, and the fox symbolizes the use of Inari Daimyojin. It is said that when Inari Shrine was relocated from the Kawaguchi Castle ruins to its current location, a fox dance was also performed, and Kanjiro Segawa completed the process during the Meiji period. The dancers are boys from 12 or 3 years old to around 20 years old. The music consists of 2 to 4 people playing drums, 2 or more people playing flutes, and 2 or more people playing handguns.The drums are danced with the fox. The order is ``circle'', ``two-row crossing'', ``circle'', ``two-row crossing'', and ``concluding circle''. Date Kawaguchi Autumn Festival