[Morioka Hometown Guide] Course A

This information dissemination base was named after the Morioka dialect for ``Please come.'' In addition to the `` Tourism and Culture Information Plaza '' on the second floor, there is also a shop selling specialty products and a light snack cafe. In addition, the `` Morioka Tegami Museum '' on the 6th floor stores and exhibits letters and diaries of great people connected to Morioka.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Inazo Nitobe, a cosmopolitan man born in his hometown who ``hopefully becomes a bridge over the Pacific Ocean'', Morioka City built this building on his birthplace in Shimonohashi Town with donations from citizens. Author Fumio Asakura). During the Pacific War, its achievements were largely ignored, and its legacy was only remembered by a few people, but after the war, its role was properly reviewed and reevaluated on both sides of the Pacific.

This is the communal well that Kenji Miyazawa used when he was a student at Morioka High School of Agriculture and Forestry (currently Iwate University Faculty of Agriculture) in 1912, when he was lodging with his younger brother Seiroku and cousin at the Tamai family in Osawagawara 1-chome. It is still freely available.

The historic site of Morioka Castle, which was the residence of the lord of the Nanbu domain. Morioka Castle was completed in 1633, during the reign of the 28th feudal lord, Shigenao.
It was a flat castle that used the Kitakami River, Shizukuishi River, and Nakatsu River as natural trenches, and was also called Fukugata Castle.
Today, the stone walls and pond remain, and the park is loved by citizens throughout the year as Morioka Castle Ruins Park.

Various trees and flowers decorate the four seasons, including cherry blossoms in the spring, colored leaves in the fall, and a plum grove.

The building, which had been used as the Iwate Prefectural Library, was completely renovated and opened in 2011 in a corner of Morioka Castle Ruins Park (Iwate Park). The first floor introduces Morioka's festivals (Chagu Chagu Umako, Morioka Sansa Odori, Morioka Autumn Festival floats) and seasonal tourist information, while the second floor displays the history of the Morioka clan and the treasures of the Nanbu family. There is also a cafe (rest area ``Fukikata''). Please stop by to experience the history and culture of the castle town of Morioka and enjoy walking around the town.

The bridge above was built by Toshinao, the lord of the Nanbu domain, over the Nakatsugawa River at the same time as he built Morioka Castle. Of the bronze imitation jewels decorating the railing, eight have inscriptions dated to 1609 (Keicho 14), and 10 have inscriptions dated to 1611 (1611). It is extremely rare that so many remain, and in 1945 it was designated as a nationally important art object.

The remains of the fire station, which was built in 1913 (Taisho 2) and is a Morioka city landscape important building. After undergoing earthquake-proofing and renovation work, it reopened as a new exchange experience facility in March 2022 (Reiwa 4). There is a cafe and miscellaneous goods sales on the first floor, and a weaving workshop on the second floor, where you can also experience it by making a reservation. You can relax in a restaurant that exudes Taisho romance.

It opened as Iwate Bank Red Brick Building on Sunday, July 17, 2016. Built to the design of Kingo Tatsuno and Manji Kasai Architects, the former Morioka Bank is built of red brick with a green dome, and its exterior has a strict Renaissance-style outline. Located in the center of the city, it combines with the Nakatsu River and Nakano Bridge to form Morioka's representative landscape. A nationally designated important cultural property built in 1909.

``Morioka Takuboku/Kenji Seishunkan'' preserves and utilizes the former 90th Bank, which was completed in 1909, to introduce the town of Morioka where Takuboku Ishikawa and Kenji Miyazawa grew up and their youth. Masu. July 6, 2004 Designated as a national important cultural property