Ninohe History and Folklore Museum

Ninohe Citizen’s Forest

The Citizen's Forest Festival is held in mid-May, and the area is crowded with trout fishing tournaments and other events. You can collect wild flowers and mushrooms here, and it is a popular place for forest bathing and relaxation for local residents. The Kenhoku Youth House is located nearby, and some people use it as well. Forestry Center Phone 0195-27-3283

Tanakakan Aikichi

Doctor of Science and professor at the University of Tokyo from Ninohe. He was the founder of geodesy, earthquakes, and magnetism, and a pioneer of the Roman alphabet and metric system. He discovered the "Z term" with Sakae Kimura in 1901, and became widely known internationally in the fields of geodesy, earthquakes, and magnetism, and has attended 56 international academic conferences. He was the first citizen of Iwate Prefecture to receive the Order of Culture, and has received numerous meritorious awards from various countries.

old plum garden

It is also said to be the ruins of Kunohe Masazane's garden, and there is a plum tree that is 400 years old and 5 meters tall. The trunk is divided into three parts at the base, and the flowers are pale red with six petals and bloom in mid-April. Blooms in mid-April