Yakushigawa mountain stream

A single cherry tree in Kamegamori

*In order to restore the tree's vigor, dead branches were removed and pruned, and soil improvement was carried out in the fall of 2019. Click here for details → [ Miyako City/Kamegamori Solitary Cherry Blossom ] Oyamazakura is located in a corner of Kamegamori Pasture at an altitude of 800m.

Kushoji Temple

It is said that Yoshisato Minamoto, a member of the Genji clan, had his residence in Tashiro, and that Yoshitsune and his servants, who had escaped from Hiraizumi, stopped by on their way north. There is a waniguchi dedicated by Yoshisato's wife, Genji Okoma.

Honshoji Temple

``What will happen? The movements of the heavens and the earth, the individual behavior of human beings, etc., are nothing more than a leaf in the autumn breeze. Let it be. That's what Musashi thought.'' Yoshikawa begins with this passage. The first draft of Eiji's ``Miyamoto Musashi'' was written at Honshoji Temple in 1930. From Morioka Minami on the Tohoku Expressway to your destination via the prefectural road, take National Route 106 to Miyako. 10 minutes by car from Miyako to Honshoji Temple (near Municipal Atago Elementary School).