Boy Takuboku statue

Takuboku Bokyo Hill

To commemorate the souls of the Takuboku couple, a statue of Takuboku Bokyo was erected on the top of the rocky mountain, Takuboku Bokyo Hill, overlooking the local mountains and rivers. The statue faces his hometown, Mt. Himekami, and is engraved with one of Takuboku's favorite poems, ``In autumn, I listen to the insects that fill the three fields at the foot of Mt. Iwate.'' Nearby, a ``couple poem monument'' of a poet and his wife was erected, one of a kind in Japan, and Takuboku's ``When I see the mountains of my hometown far to the north through the train window, I straighten my neck,'' and his wife Setsuko's ``Hikari.'' Two poems are engraved on it: ``From the faint sound of crickets in the evening, the arrival of autumn, and the embrace of my heart.'' The two of them, both young and only in their 20s, fell ill due to poverty and passed away one after another, and now they are gazing at the mountains and rivers of their hometown in the form of songs.

Morioka Tegamikan

This is a unique facility in Japan that stores, researches, and exhibits manuscripts, diaries, etc., mainly letters of our ancestors. A large number of valuable materials such as letters, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, calligraphy and ink of famous people connected to Morioka such as Takuboku Ishikawa, Mitsumasa Yonai, Inazo Nitobe, and Shinpei Goto are on display. We also hold special exhibitions and theme exhibitions.

Hotokuji Temple

This temple, which was founded in 1658 and has the largest temple in the ward, is where Takuboku Ishikawa spent his childhood. There is a monument with a poem in the temple grounds that looks directly towards Mt. Iwate, which reads, ``An old bird came to sing at the top of the Hiba tree on the side of my hometown temple.'' When the building was rebuilt in 2000, the room used by Takuboku was restored.