Onsen / Accommodation

Shizukatei [Oshu Hiraizumi Onsen]

A lodging inn in the mountains a little far from Hiraizumi town. This inn is popular for its meals made with fresh vegetables delivered every morning from local farmers. The special universal design room was designed by a barrier-free architect and can be used comfortably by people who use wheelchairs or require assistance.

Manji Kasai

Architect from Morioka City. Studied architecture under Kingo Tatsuno, said to be the founder of architecture in Japan, at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Imperial University. Major representative buildings include Tokyo Station, the former Kokugikan (currently the Nihon University Auditorium), and the Morioka Bank Head Office (currently the Iwate Bank Nakanohashi Branch).

Ishikawa Takuboku Memorial Museum 4 *Please contact Ishikawa Takuboku Memorial Museum (TEL: 019-683-2315) when using the facility.

Water Ryokan [Tai Onsen]

Seiichi Kashima

A businessman from Morioka City. He was adopted as a son-in-law by the Kashima group, and the group became a railway construction specialist. He devised a new construction method and took charge of construction of the Tanna Tunnel, the longest in Japan at the time, in an area with poor ground, and completed it over a period of 16 years. He also changed the group into a stock company and became its first president, and in the industry, he served as a director of the Imperial Railway Association and chairman of the Japan Mainland Construction Industry Association, promoting the modernization of the civil engineering and construction industry. There is a Kashima Seiichi Memorial Observatory on a rocky mountain to the east of Morioka City, offering a panoramic view of the mountain range centered on Mt. Iwate.

Kenji Miyazawa Ihatovkan

Sekireiso

Kyosuke Kindaichi

A linguist from Morioka City and a leading expert on Ainu research. Graduated from the Department of Linguistics at the University of Tokyo, and won the Academy Award in 1933 for ``Research on the Ainu Epic Yukara.'' He became a professor at the University of Tokyo and Kokugakuin University, and was also a member of the Japan Academy and the Japanese Language Council. In 1951, he received the Order of Culture. He had been friends with the poet Takuboku Ishikawa since their days at Morioka Junior High School, and it is said that he often took care of him.

Kenji Miyazawa Fairy Tale Village 4