Kunimiyama

Oshu City

Southern Iwate

With an altitude of 778m, the Ou Mountains to the west and the Isawa Plain below, Kunimidaira Ski Resort is crowded with skiers in winter.

Location: Nagatsuka, Kinugawa Ward, Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture 029-4301
Inquiries: Contact name: Oshu City Kinugawa General Branch Agriculture, Forestry, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division

Phone number: 0197-52-3111

FAX number: 0197-52-3248
Website: http://www.city.oshu.iwate.jp/

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Egne Kizuma

Egne is a mansion forest that is indispensable in snowy regions. The trees planted on the north and west sides of the mansion play a major role in protecting against wind and snow. Kizuma is a type of fence made by stacking firewood, and it is said that in the past people competed for richness based on the amount and length of firewood. Both can be said to symbolize Isawa, a region with a lot of snow, which prospered mainly through rice cultivation. Access: After getting off at Mizusawa Station on the JR Tohoku Main Line, take a bus on the Iwate Prefecture Kotsu Maru Line or Hirooka Line and view from inside the bus.

Oshu City

Southern Iwate

History / Culture

Isawagawa Onsen Sakura no Yu

In November 2003, the bathhouse and some of the facilities within the building were renovated. Effective for neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, frozen shoulders, motor paralysis, joint stiffness, bruises, sprains, chronic digestive diseases, hemorrhoids, sensitivity to cold, post-illness recovery, fatigue recovery, health promotion, cuts, burns, and chronic skin diseases. , frail children, chronic women's diseases. In addition to the large bathtubs, the large public baths also have two cypress baths for one or two people, each of which is fed with 100% hot spring water. Accommodation facilities and rest rooms are also available. There is also a ``Rose Garden'' where you can enjoy approximately 3,000,000 seasonal roses, and an IPGA-certified ``Park Golf Garden,'' which can be enjoyed by both adults and children.

Oshu City

Southern Iwate

Sightseeing Spots Nature / Scenery

Tendai Sect Myokenyama Kuroishi Temple

It is said to have been founded by Gyoki Bosatsu in the first year of Tenpyo (729) in the Nara period, and was called Tokozan Yakushiji, but it was destroyed by fire. Later, in the second year of the Kasho era (849), Jikaku Daishi rebuilt this ancient temple of the Tendai sect. The principal image of the temple, the Yakushi Nyorai Seated Statue, which is designated as a nationally designated important cultural property, is the only Jokan-inscribed Buddha in Japan and is inscribed in the 4th year of the Jokan era. Additionally, from the night of the 7th day of the lunar new year to the next morning, the Kuroishiji Somin Festival, a festival of naked men and flames, is held to pray for warding off misfortune and a good harvest.

Oshu City

Southern Iwate

History / Culture Shrines / Temples