Toyotakan ruins

scattered settlement

A village where houses are built far apart in the middle of a rice field or field is called a scattered village. It is said to be the original scenery of the Japanese countryside, and can only be seen in a few places across the country today. There is a nostalgic landscape reminiscent of ``My Neighbor Totoro.'' Access: After getting off at Mizusawa Station on the JR Tohoku Main Line, you can take a bus on the Iwate Prefecture Kotsu Maru Line or Hirooka Line and look inside.

Minami Iwate Exchange Plaza

Located within the premises of Mizusawa-Esashi Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen, this museum exhibits and introduces Minami-Iwate's products, sightseeing, and history. Inside the museum, a model of the music stall from the Hidaka Fire Prevention Festival is displayed, recreating the colorful festival scene.

Kinugawa fence

It is said to have been the government office when the Abe clan set up its headquarters, and after the fall of the Abe clan, it became the residence of the Kiyohara clan, and because it was surrounded by rows of cherry blossom trees, it was given the name Namiki-yashiki, but in later generations it was also called Kinugawa-zaku. Became.