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Morioka City Ancestor Memorial Hall

Morioka City

Central Iwate

History / CultureMuseums

    A memorial museum that introduces the predecessors connected to Morioka who were active after the Meiji period. It was built in 1988 as a commemorative facility to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the city's incorporation. On the first floor there are memorial rooms for Nitobe Inazo, Yonai Mitsumasa, and Kindaichi Kyosuke, and on the second floor there is a comprehensive exhibition of 127 of their predecessors.

    Location
    2-2 Motomiya Jaiyashiki, Morioka City, 020-0866
    Business Hours
    9:00-17:00 (Admission until 16:30)
    Closed
    Every Monday (or the next day if it falls on a public holiday), the last Tuesday of every month, year-end and New Year holidays (12/29-1/3), and other temporary closings.
    Price
    Adults: 300 yen, high school students: 200 yen, elementary and junior high school students: 100 yen
    Inquiries
    Contact name: Morioka City Ancestor Memorial Hall
    Phone number: 019-659-3338
    FAX number: 019-659-3387
    Website
    https://www.mfca.jp/senjin/Open in new tab
    Other
    Others: Group discount available (30 people or more)

    Parking: Free parking available
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    Mitsumasa Yonauchi

    A naval officer and politician from Morioka City. After graduating from the Naval War College, he was appointed as a second lieutenant in the Navy, and continued to advance through the ranks, becoming Minister of the Navy in 1932, and opposed the Triple Alliance advocated by the Army. He was appointed as the 37th Prime Minister in 1945 and received the hopes of those who wanted peace, but he resigned en masse six months later due to opposition from the army. At the end of World War II, he returned to the position of Minister of the Navy and contributed to the end of the war and the post-war process, and always worked towards the pursuit and realization of peace. There is a Mitsumasa Yonai Memorial Room in the Morioka City Ancestor Memorial Hall, where items related to him are displayed.

    Morioka City

    Central Iwate
    History / Culture

    Torakuji Temple wooden eleven-faced Kannon statue

    Nine Heian Buddha statues, including the eleven-faced Kannon statue, which were enshrined at the foot of Mt. Himegami, are preserved at Torakuji Temple. It has been designated as an Iwate Prefectural Cultural Property, and is said to be one of the best Buddhist statues in the Tohoku region as an eleven-faced Kannon statue.

    Morioka City

    Central Iwate
    Shrines / Temples

    Seiyoin

    This is the temple where Kenji Miyazawa stayed as a boarding house during his time at Morioka Junior High School when he was ordered to leave the dormitory during the New Building Supervision and Elimination Movement. In addition, there is Mitsuishi Shrine in the back, where the legend of the origin of the name "Iwate" remains.

    Morioka City

    Central Iwate
    History / CultureShrines / Temples