Yumenohashi

Minami Iwate Exchange Plaza

Located within the premises of Mizusawa-Esashi Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen, this museum exhibits and introduces Minami-Iwate's products, sightseeing, and history. Inside the museum, a model of the music stall from the Hidaka Fire Prevention Festival is displayed, recreating the colorful festival scene.

Oshu City Samurai Housing Museum

There are samurai residences such as the former residence of the Uchida family in the late Edo period and the former residence of Goto Shinpei, as well as the samurai housing resource center.The center has a museum with the theme of the castle town of Mizusawa, including a map that allows you to see at a glance the townscape of Mizusawa Castle in the Edo period and the present day. In addition to armor, matchlocks, spears, and other armor and weapons, there are also exhibits such as checkboxes, abacus, and other materials. This facility serves as a starting point for sightseeing in the city and is a free rest area.

Kimura Sakae Memorial Museum

Memorial hall for Sakae Kimura (1870-1943), the astronomer who discovered the "Z term". In order to honor the achievements of world-famous Dr. Sakae Kimura, who was the first director of the Latitude Observatory and discovered the observational unknown ``Z term'' in 1899, the observatory will remain as it was when it opened (1899). It was preserved in its original form and turned into a memorial museum. From Mizusawa-Esashi Station, transfer to the Iwate Prefectural Transportation Haneda Ofunato Line Mizusawa Ekidori bus stop and head to Tenmondai-mae bus stop.