Cherry blossom trees along Hiraizumi Prefectural Route 300 (former National Route 4)

Bashokan (serve-style wanko soba)

Bashokan's Wanko Soba is served in a platter style. Also known as Hiraizumi Wanko Soba, bowls filled with bite-sized soba noodles are brought to the table. Transfer the soba noodles to your own bowl, add your favorite seasonings, and enjoy in one bite. Hidehira-lacquered trays and bowls are used.

Iwate Prefectural Hiraizumi World Heritage Guidance Center

On November 20, 2021, a facility opened that will serve as a base for disseminating information about the value of Hiraizumi's cultural heritage both domestically and internationally. There is a corner introducing the Yanaginogosho Ruins, which is said to be the site of the Oshu Fujiwara clan's government office.

Basho haiku monument

Basho, who visited this place in May of the second year of Genroku (1689), composed the following poem in memory of the unfortunate Lord and Servant Yoshitsune. “Summer grass and soldiers are the traces of dreams.”