Former Iwayado Kyoritsu Hospital and Mukoyama Park

Nagahide Takano

A doctor from Mizusawa Ward, Oshu City, and a Dutch scholar and Enlightenment thinker. During the period of national isolation, he preached the dawn of Japan and was suppressed by the shogunate.

Oshu City Traditional Industry Hall Nanbu Ironware Museum

A large number of materials related to Oshu Mizusawa's representative local industry ``Nanbu Ironware'' are on display. Inside the museum, there are exhibits of excellent castings from ancient times and modern times, a corner that faithfully reproduces a factory from the early Meiji period, and a large screen that introduces the current casting production process, as well as a variety of products for sale, such as iron kettles and wind chimes. I am. Additionally, on April 6, 2017, a handshake statue of Shohei Otani, a player from Mizusawa Ward, Oshu City, was installed. This handshake statue was made using Nanbu ironware techniques.

Goto Shinpei’s former residence

It is a samurai residence from the mid-Edo period and is designated as a tangible cultural property by the prefecture. The roof is hipped and thatched, retaining the appearance of a lower-class samurai's residence from the mid-Edo period. This is the former home of Shinpei Goto, who was the head page of the Rusu family, and the current floor plan was renovated by Shinpei in his later years.