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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