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Yakehashiri Lava Flow (Nationally Designated Special Natural Monument)

Mt. Iwate has erupted about five times in its history, most recently in 1732, and was 3km long and 1.5km wide from the spout to the end. Black, hardened lava is piled up on the northeastern slope of Mt. Iwate, making it difficult for plants to grow in this area.

Tourist boat (feeding black-tailed gulls)

Ishikawa Takuboku’s poem monument (Osen-in Temple and surrounding area)

``My father, at the age of sixty, left home to hear from his master.'' Poem monument at Daisen-in Temple, Hiratate, Hachimantai City. Takuboku's father Kazuyoshi was from Hiratate. He became a Buddhist monk at Daisen-in Temple. There is also the grave of Takuboku's ancestors here. In addition, there is a statue in front of Hiratate Prefectural High School that says, ``I was holding my mother on my back, crying so much that I could barely take three steps,'' and in front of Hiratate Prefectural High School, there was a message that said, ``In the window of that house, I spent a spring night with Hideko and a frog.'' There is "Listen to it". ``Hideko'' refers to Hideko Hotta, who was Takuki's colleague and literary friend when he was a substitute teacher.

candle rock

Matsumura Ryokan

Ishikawa Takuboku’s monument (in front of JR Hidate Station)

Takuboku Ishikawa's father, Kazuyoshi, was from Hiratate, Hachimantai City. In front of JR Hidate Station, there is a monument with a poem that reads, ``I carried my mother on my back and cried so lightly that I could not stop for three steps.''

thunder rock

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