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Kinugawa fence

Oshu City

Southern Iwate

Sightseeing SpotsHistory / Culture

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.

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Namikimae, Kinugawa, Oshu, Iwate 029-4441
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Contact Name: Agriculture, Forestry, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division, Koromo Branch Office, Oshu City

Phone: 0197-52-3111

Fax: 0197-52-3248
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Haku Goto Memorial Community Center

It is known as the first "community center" in Japan. 　It was built and donated in November 1941. The donor was Shoriki Matsutaro, then president of the Yomiuri Shimbun, who was a close friend of Goto Shinpei, and it was presented to him on the 13th anniversary of his death as a token of gratitude for his old debt to him. 　It was later used as the Mizusawa City Community Center, and in October 2001 became the "Mizusawa City Hakaru Goto Memorial Community Center.

Oshu City

Southern Iwate
Sightseeing SpotsHistory / Culture

Goto Shinpei Memorial Museum

Memorial Hall for Goto Shinpei (1857-1929), also known as the Great Furoshiki. A far-sighted politician who served as the mayor of Tokyo, Minister of the Interior, and president of the Railway Agency. Inside the museum, many items related to Shinpei from his childhood to his later years are on display. Next to the memorial hall is the Haku Goto Memorial Community Center, Japan's first "community center", which was given to commemorate the 13th anniversary of Shinpei's death.

Oshu City

Southern Iwate
Sightseeing SpotsHistory / CultureMuseums

Komagata Shrine

In 1903, the shrine on the top of Mt. Komagatake was moved to its present location. It is a quiet shrine surrounded by old cherry and cedar trees. Together with the cherry trees in Mizusawa Park, it is designated as a natural monument of the prefecture as a group of higan cherry trees. 　A children's cavalry parade is held as an annual spring festival.

Oshu City

Southern Iwate
Sightseeing SpotsHistory / CultureShrines / Temples