Sightseeing Spots

Aoyagikura Monument

Bunzo Aoyagi built a paddy warehouse in Nakazato, his hometown of Matsukawa, in 1931 in order to save the people of Higashiiwai District who were suffering from hunger and disease due to a famine and poor harvest.He wrote the origin of the storehouse in front of it. It is a monument. It is said that thanks to this warehouse, during the Tenpo famine, relief efforts spread throughout the county, and there were no roadside deaths as seen elsewhere. In this way, Bunzo was not only a great benefactor of the disaster relief efforts, but also thought about the good of the world and people, and founded the Aoyagi Bunko in Sendai. He is considered the founder of public libraries in our country.

078 Morioka City_Takuboku Poetry Monument and Mt. Iwate_(Autumn)

Iwai Shimizu

It is said that Fujiwara Hidehira had Wakamizu drawn from here and carried on the morning of New Year's Day. A stone monument has been erected that reads, ``The forgotten water of Iwai in the shadow of the Tokiwa tree is a name that does not remember summer,'' and is where Iwai District got its name.

019 Hiraizumi Town_Motsuji Temple Oizumigaike ②_(Autumn)

Ranboudani

White waves crash violently in the valley of the sea facing a sheer cliff of several tens of meters. As the name suggests, you can see the wild and magnificent scenery below. There is an observation deck on the cliff on the left.

077 Morioka City_Ishikawa Takuboku Memorial Museum Shibutami Elementary School old school building_(Autumn)

Ubasugi at Jozenji Temple

A giant cedar tree with a trunk circumference of 10.65m and a height of 50m. The tree is estimated to be about 600 to 700 years old, but it is extremely vigorous and has not suffered any damage from lightning or wind.

018 Hiraizumi Town_Motsuji Temple Oizumigaike Pond①_(Autumn)

Haguroiwa

Legend has it that when a 9-meter-tall giant rock compared its height with an arrow-tate pine tree, a Tengu kicked the rock with its geta because it was so outrageous that it had to fight with a tree at the stone's edge, and the top part of the rock was chipped off.