Gotenyama

Wooden Kannon Bodhisattva Seated Statue

The statue, which is 114.3 centimeters tall and is enshrined at Higashisen-in in Ichinoseki City, is made of coniferous wood and finished with lacquered wood. It shows the sculptural style of the late Heian period, and is thought to have been created by a Buddhist sculptor who was involved in the construction of a temple in Hiraizumi during the third Fujiwara era in Oshu. The carvings are excellent, and the statue is in good condition as an inscribed statue, and it is one of the few in the prefecture that has all three parts: halo, pedestal, and Dharmakaya. In 2018, it was designated as a national important cultural property.

Tsuriyama Park

Ichinoseki flourished as a castle town with a tamura of 30,000 koku. Remnants of that tradition remain in this area, and there are monuments to many of our predecessors, including Kogoro Takahira, Junma Nomura, and Gotoku Nagata. It is a popular park for viewing cherry blossoms in the spring and autumn leaves in the fall, and is a popular park for families to enjoy strolling around. It will be illuminated during the cherry blossom season.

Iwate Safari Park

At the ``Wild Kingdom'' Iwate Safari Park, you can enter by private car or bus among about 600 African animals of about 60 different species, including lions and tigers, giraffes, and zebras. Let's experience the ecology and behavior of wild animals as if we were a zoologist!