Sightseeing Spots

Shogetsu coast

A coast where nature remains. It has a quiet beauty that has remained unchanged since ancient times.

Gozaku and Nakatsugawa

Mihokozaki

Located at the tip of the Hakozaki Peninsula, you can see Yamada Bay from Otsuchi Bay to the north, and Kamaishi Bay from Sankanjima to the south. On the south side is Senjojiki, which is made up of gigantic, strangely shaped granite rocks. It is a walking course with information boards.

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Sumita Town Folklore Museum

This museum was built in 1985 by moving the former Kamiariju Elementary School, which was built in the early Showa era architectural style, to its current location. The exhibition room is divided into ``Lifestyle'' and ``People's Work'' corners, which introduce a wide range of topics such as local performing arts, popular beliefs, agriculture, and the village of Kesen carpenters.

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Hu Shio Shrine

It is said to have its origins in the Enryaku era (end of the 8th century) when Sakanoue no Tamuramaro enshrined Yakushi Nyorai when he headed to pacify Ezo. Although it temporarily declined due to a fire during the Tenbun era (half of the 16th century), it was a highly prestigious shrine that was revered from generation to generation during the Nanbu clan period and was given a shrine territory. In 1818, the principal image was changed from Yakushi Nyorai to Shonahiko no Mikoto, the great god of medicine, and it remains to this day.

Sakurayama Shrine

Shogyoin

At Shogyo-in Temple, there is a seated statue of Amida Nyorai, a nationally designated important cultural property, with a sitting height of 186.3 cm and a total height of about 1 m from the pedestal to the ring of light, with the Gochi Nyorai enshrined in the ring. It is thought to have been created in the Kamakura period, and was brought to Japan by Sakon Masuda of Higashiyama, Kyoto in the Genroku period (end of the 17th century), along with statues of samurai on both sides, and is said to have been enshrined in Hanamaki after having his eyes opened by Yuten Shonin in Edo.