Minami Iwate Exchange Plaza

Menkoi Art Museum

Many pastel paintings by Seijiro Sasaki, a local painter who was active from the Taisho era to the early Showa era, are on display. In addition, works by currently active artists are on display, allowing you to casually appreciate art. Specimens of swallowtail butterflies from around the world are displayed in the exhibition room on the second floor.

Pacific War History Museum

The memorial hall, which was opened to pass down the horrors of war, includes facilities such as a memento hall, a war museum, a war library, and an international exchange center.

Goto Shinpei Memorial Museum

Memorial Hall for Goto Shinpei (1857-1929), also known as the Great Furoshiki. A far-sighted politician who served as the mayor of Tokyo, Minister of the Interior, and president of the Railway Agency. Inside the museum, many items related to Shinpei from his childhood to his later years are on display. Next to the memorial hall is the Haku Goto Memorial Community Center, Japan's first "community center", which was given to commemorate the 13th anniversary of Shinpei's death.