Sightseeing Spots

Nagahide Takano

A doctor from Mizusawa Ward, Oshu City, and a Dutch scholar and Enlightenment thinker. During the period of national isolation, he preached the dawn of Japan and was suppressed by the shogunate.

Men of the Maritime Mikoshi H21 Iwate/Hiraizumi Tourism Campaign Honorable Mention

Alp Hachimantai [Hachimantai Onsen Village]

Tanakakan Aikichi

Doctor of Science and professor at the University of Tokyo from Ninohe. He was the founder of geodesy, earthquakes, and magnetism, and a pioneer of the Roman alphabet and metric system. He discovered the "Z term" with Sakae Kimura in 1901, and became widely known internationally in the fields of geodesy, earthquakes, and magnetism, and has attended 56 international academic conferences. He was the first citizen of Iwate Prefecture to receive the Order of Culture, and has received numerous meritorious awards from various countries.

Motsuji Temple 20th Night Festival 3 Fire Climbing H21 Iwate/Hiraizumi Tourism Campaign Honorable Mention

Kanegaya Ryokan [Tai Onsen]

Opened in 1919. This inn is popular for its seasonal hot springs and simple, calm and homely atmosphere.

Tokiwazurin Junior High School

A Japanese musician who was active during the Meiji period. His real name is Tadasuke Yamakage. A direct disciple of Iemoto Bungo Otsu. He succeeded the first generation Matsuo Tayu, and later assumed the name of the sixth Komonji Tayu. After living in Morioka, the place of his ancestors, for four years, he returned to Tokyo in 1888 and acted in the Tate region in the production of ``Seki no Tobira'', making him famous as the first Tayu of Tokiwazu.

H21 Iwate/Hiraizumi tourism campaign honorable mention going to Fureai Kadan Station

Arine Sanso [Amihari Onsen] (Day trip bathing facility)

A day trip bathing facility opened in 2000. The hot water is a branch from Amihari Onsen. The indoor bath has a glass wall that overlooks Makino and Shizukuishi Basin, and the view from the open-air bath is also good. The milky white, translucent sulfur hot springs are effective for neuralgia, joint pain, and fatigue recovery. There are also two rest rooms, large and small.