Narushima Mikumano Shrine

Hanamaki Nitobe Memorial Museum

This book introduces the achievements of the Nitobe clan, who lived in Hanamaki for over 220 years during the feudal period and contributed to regional development, including the development of new rice fields.

Gindoro Park

Gindoro is a silvery white tree with white undersides of the leaves. This park is the former site of Hanamaki Agricultural School, where Kenji was a teacher, and many gindoro trees, which Kenji loved, are planted there. Inside the park, there is a poem monument inscribed with a line from Kenji's ``Early Spring,'' as well as a group of stone statues of ``Kaze no Matasaburo'' (Sapporo poet Arata Hongo's first outdoor sculpture award winning work). Many Kenji fans visit here.

Shogyoin

At Shogyo-in Temple, there is a seated statue of Amida Nyorai, a nationally designated important cultural property, with a sitting height of 186.3 cm and a total height of about 1 m from the pedestal to the ring of light, with the Gochi Nyorai enshrined in the ring. It is thought to have been created in the Kamakura period, and was brought to Japan by Sakon Masuda of Higashiyama, Kyoto in the Genroku period (end of the 17th century), along with statues of samurai on both sides, and is said to have been enshrined in Hanamaki after having his eyes opened by Yuten Shonin in Edo.