Sightseeing Spots

Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium

It is used as a venue for ball games, martial arts, and professional wrestling performances.

Remaining Snow Spring View H21 Iwate/Hiraizumi Tourism Campaign Honorable Mention

City Hotel Yamaguchi

Moritaka Naganuma

A sculptor from Ichinoseki City. He studied orthodox Western-style sculpture techniques at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, Italy, and returned to Japan in 1889 to work at the founding office of Tokyo Fine Arts School (currently Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts). In 1891, he established the Department of Sculpture at the same school and became its first professor. Kotaro Takamura is one of his students. His masterpiece, ``The Old Man,'' won the gold medal at the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition.

Parade Fleet Arrival H21 Iwate/Hiraizumi Tourism Campaign Dog Sibling Special Award

Natural Recreation Village Nakayamaso

Dishes made with local ingredients in hot springs fed directly from the source. You can enjoy ingredients unique to Hachimantai City, such as Hachimantai's specialty guinea fowl, rainbow trout, and Dicentra tochucha pork.

Nitobe Inazo

A thinker and international person with a doctorate in agriculture and law from Morioka City. He served as Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations and interacted with politicians, thinkers, and scholars from around the world, and strove to help other countries understand Japan based on his philosophy of ``becoming a bridge across the Pacific.'' His representative work is ``BUSIDO-THE SOUL OF JAPAN'', an English essay on Japanese thought, which has been translated into various languages ​​as an introduction to Japanese culture. There is a Nitobe Inazo Memorial Room in the Morioka City Ancestor Memorial Hall, where items related to him are displayed.

Gorgeous Banquet H21 Iwate/Hiraizumi Tourism Campaign Dog Sibling Special Award

Amihari Lodge