Sightseeing Spots

Masuzawain ruins

Fujiwara Kiyohira spent eight years copying over 5,300 volumes of sutras written in gold and silver on dark blue paper, and it is believed that the place where he copied the sutras was Masuzawa-in Temple, located within Iwatani-do and Masuzawachi. Get off at JR Tohoku Shinkansen Mizusawa-Esashi Station and transfer to the Esashi City Bus bound for Yanagawa, Gakumasawa or Iwate Prefectural Transportation Juoudou and get off at the Esashi Bus Center bus stop.

271 Hanamaki City_Nanbu Toji Tradition Museum②_(Winter)

Fujisato petrified wood

A petrified redwood tree located near Atago Shrine in Atagoyama Natural Park. It is 12 million years old and blows out of the Inase Volcanic Formation, a sandy pseudoash mixed with andesite rocks. That part alone has a diameter of 1.3 meters and a height of 4 meters, making it the second largest tree in the prefecture after the petrified tree of Nebaru. Take the Esashi Municipal Bus Ide-Kojitani-Kuchizawa Line (via Kami-Ide) to Fujisato bus stop, get off at the JR Tohoku Shinkansen Mizusawa-Esashi Station, take the Iwate Prefectural Transportation Esashi Bus bound for Fujiwara no Sato, get off at the Esashi Bus Center bus stop, and transfer.

270 Hanamaki City_Nanbu Toji Tradition Museum①_(Winter)

Toyotakan ruins

It is said to be the residence of Fujiwara Kiyohira until he moved to Hiraizumi. There is a monument to the ruins of Toyota Castle dating from 1774, and it is said that a four-eared white porcelain vase from China was excavated from this area.

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Tamasaki Shrine

There is a legend about Yoshitsune's journey northward, which says that Minamoto no Yoshitsune actually escaped without dying in Hiraizumi, and visited this shrine to pray for good luck and safety on his journey, and items related to Yoshitsune are preserved. Reservations are required for the treasure hall.

268 Hanamaki City_Takamura Sanso/Kotaro Takamura Memorial Hall ③_(Winter)

Goizuka mounds group

It is said that this tomb was built to mourn the spirits of Fujiwara Tsunekiyo (Kiyohira's father), the junior fifth rank of junior fifth rank (Kiyohira's father), who was defeated and brutally killed by Minamoto no Yoriyoshi at the Kurigawa fence during the War of the Nine Years.