Ishikawa Takuboku poem monument (Shimobashi Junior High School playground)

Morioka City

Central Iwate

A monument to Takuboku's poems in the schoolyard of Takuboku's alma mater, Morioka High School (currently Shimohashi Junior High School). Kyosuke Kindaichi, who was Takuboku's second-year senior and had a close friendship with him from his childhood until his later years, wrote Takuboku's song in later years, and it was erected in the fall of 1972 by former staff volunteers. “Once upon a time, I threw a ball on the roof of an elementary school, and how it turned out.”

Location
1-1 Babamachi, Morioka City (Shimohashi Junior High School playground)
Inquiries
Morioka Tourism and Convention Association
Phone number 019-604-3305
FAX number 019-653-4417

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