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Yaishishidake

Oshu City

Southern Iwate

Nature / Scenery

    The Yakeishi Mountain Range occupies the northern corner of Kurikoma Quasi-National Park and has 13 mountains over 1,000m. Mt. Yaishishi, at an altitude of 1,548m, is the leader of this mountain range. It has the most remaining snow in the prefecture, and wetlands and ponds have developed everywhere. It is said that more than 300 species of alpine plants grow here, and the vegetation is diverse. Climbing courses include the Nakanuma course and the Tsubunuma course, as well as a traverse course that starts at Natsuyu Onsen and goes via Mt. Kyozuka to Mt. Yaishi. National Route 397 leading to the trailhead is closed during the winter.
    [Mountain opening] First Sunday in June

    Location
    023-0400 Isawa, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture Nakanuma trailhead/Isawa Wakayanagi Urimaezawa Tsurunuma trailhead/Isawa Wakayanagi Tanikosawa
    Inquiries
    Contact name: Yakesi Tourism Development Liaison Council Secretariat (Oshu City Isawa General Branch Industrial Promotion Division)

    Phone number: 0197-46-2111

    FAX number: 0197-46-4455
    Website
    http://www.yakeishi.com/Open in new tab
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    Yakushido Onsen

    Yakushi-do Hall is located near Izawa Castle, the military headquarters. According to the Yasunaga Fudoki, the main hall with three rooms and four sides enshrined Yakushi Nyorai, a seated statue of Yakushi Nyorai, which was about 2 feet tall and 5 inches tall. The hot spring that gushed out next to Yakushido was named Yakushido Onsen. The benefits of hot springs include neuralgia, sensitivity to cold, chronic skin diseases, and women's diseases.

    Oshu City

    Southern Iwate
    Sightseeing Spots

    Tokoan

    A free rest facility located in front of the Kuroishi Temple gate. The calm and tranquil space with the bamboo forest of Kuroishi-dera Temple in the background is appealing. You can also eat and enjoy authentic handmade soba noodles. From Mizusawa-Esashi Station, transfer to Iwate Prefectural Transportation Haneda Ofunato Line Mizusawa Ekidori bus stop and head to Yamauchi bus stop.

    Oshu City

    Southern Iwate
    Other

    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.

    Oshu City

    Southern Iwate
    History / Culture