Kenji Miyazawa Fairy Tale Village

Hanamaki City Comprehensive Cultural Properties Center

Opened on May 22, 2011, this facility is a hub for protecting cultural assets in Hanamaki City and disseminating information. Valuable materials from the Mountain Museum, which closed on March 31, 2011, have also been transferred and are now on display.

“Ame Nimomakezu” poem monument

Kenji Miyazawa retired from Hanamaki Agricultural College in March 1926, moved to this place where the Miyazawa family's second home had been, and began farming, living alone and cooking for himself, and established the Rasu Jijin Association. He gave lectures on chemistry, soil, etc. to farmers. There is a poem monument inscribed with the second half of ``Ame Nimo Makezu'' in November 1936. Additionally, this poem monument is written by Kotaro Takamura.

Beetle contact dome

``Beetles Fureai Dome'' where many beetles are released inside the dome and you can easily interact with them. Approximately 10,000 beetles are released during the season. [Open period] Usually from early July to early August