Sightseeing Spots

Fujisato petrified wood

A petrified redwood tree located near Atago Shrine in Atagoyama Natural Park. It is 12 million years old and blows out of the Inase Volcanic Formation, a sandy pseudoash mixed with andesite rocks. That part alone has a diameter of 1.3 meters and a height of 4 meters, making it the second largest tree in the prefecture after the petrified tree of Nebaru. Take the Esashi Municipal Bus Ide-Kojitani-Kuchizawa Line (via Kami-Ide) to Fujisato bus stop, get off at the JR Tohoku Shinkansen Mizusawa-Esashi Station, take the Iwate Prefectural Transportation Esashi Bus bound for Fujiwara no Sato, get off at the Esashi Bus Center bus stop, and transfer.

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Toyotakan ruins

It is said to be the residence of Fujiwara Kiyohira until he moved to Hiraizumi. There is a monument to the ruins of Toyota Castle dating from 1774, and it is said that a four-eared white porcelain vase from China was excavated from this area.

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Tamasaki Shrine

There is a legend about Yoshitsune's journey northward, which says that Minamoto no Yoshitsune actually escaped without dying in Hiraizumi, and visited this shrine to pray for good luck and safety on his journey, and items related to Yoshitsune are preserved. Reservations are required for the treasure hall.

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Goizuka mounds group

It is said that this tomb was built to mourn the spirits of Fujiwara Tsunekiyo (Kiyohira's father), the junior fifth rank of junior fifth rank (Kiyohira's father), who was defeated and brutally killed by Minamoto no Yoriyoshi at the Kurigawa fence during the War of the Nine Years.

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Kyozukayama

Kyozukayama is said to have been Fujiwara Hidehira's sutra store in the old days. At the top of the mountain, there is a ``horseshoe stone'' where Minamoto no Yoshitsune is said to have left his hoof prints while riding his horse. Also, the view from the top of Mt. Kyozuka is truly amazing, with the Ou Mountains in the distance and the Isawa Fan spreading out from there. There are quiet villages and countryside scattered there. The meandering Kitakami River flowing slowly at the foot of the mountain quietly conveys to us the changing seasons of Michinoku. The azaleas are in full bloom in late May, and in the summer you can enjoy hiking from the nearby Gassan Campsite.