Former Tohoku Crushed Stone Factory

Ichinoseki City

Southern Iwate

It has been registered as a heritage site of Japan's industrial modernization, and currently exhibits lime-related materials from the early Showa era to around 1930. It is also known as the factory where Kenji Miyazawa worked as an engineer in his later years.

Location: 149-1 Takinosawa, Matsukawa, Higashiyama-cho, Ichinoseki-shi, Iwate 029-0303
Business Hours: 9:00-17:00 (Admission until 16:30)
Closed: Mondays, the day after holidays, New Year's holidays
Price: Adult 300 yen
High school/university student 200 yen
Elementary and junior high school students free

*Full exemption for persons with disabilities and caregivers (please present disability certificate, etc.)
*Full amount exempt for Ichinoseki citizens aged 65 and over (driver's license, insurance card, etc. must be presented)
Inquiries: Contact name Sun and Wind House

Phone number 0191-47-3655
Website: https://www.city.ichinoseki.iwate.jp/index.cfm/6,21148,149,html

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Komagata family

The Honedera Village Manor Rest Area ``Furumagedaya'' is free of charge, so please feel free to relax. There is also a cafe menu including tea and sweets.

Ichinoseki City

Southern Iwate

Sightseeing Spots

Murone Shrine

Murone Shrine is located at the 8th station of Mt. Murone, and is dedicated to two shrines: ``Hongu'' and ``Shingu.'' Approximately 1,290 years ago, a branch spirit was enshrined at Kishu Kumano Taisha Shrine in Wakayama Prefecture by Azuma Ono as a place of prayer for the Ezo subjugation, and since then it has been revered as the guardian of the communities around Mt. Murone, and it is said that Sakanoue no Tamuramaro and Minamoto no Yoshitsune have also prayed here. It has been. At the Murone Shrine Special Festival, mikoshi from two shrines compete to be the first to arrive and run down Mt. Murone. There are also 33 Kannon statues enshrined on the grounds.

Ichinoseki City

Southern Iwate

Shrines / Temples

Senmaya Ice Arena

Senmaya Ice Arena opened in 1994. Hundreds of townspeople come to enjoy skating on Saturdays and Sundays. Behind this popularity is the history of the handmade skating rink 20 years ago. It can be used as a multipurpose hall during the summer.

Ichinoseki City

Southern Iwate