Kenji Miyazawa Monument

Ichinoseki City

Southern Iwate

In 1930, Kenji was invited to work as an engineer at a limestone factory in Higashiyama Town, but due to overwork he was sick in bed. In later years, young men who admired Kenji erected a monument in Niiyama Park that reads, ``First, we will all become the shining dust of the universe and be scattered across the endless sky.''

Location: Address: 029-0302 Nagasaka, Higashiyama-cho, Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture (inside Niiyama Park)
Inquiries: Ichinoseki City Higashiyama Branch Education and Culture Division
Phone number 0191-47-2111
FAX number 0191-47-2118
Website: http://www.ichitabi.jp/

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