Hakogamori

Ishikawa Takuboku poem monument (Shimobashi Junior High School playground)

A monument to Takuboku's poems in the schoolyard of Takuboku's alma mater, Morioka High School (currently Shimohashi Junior High School). Kyosuke Kindaichi, who was Takuboku's second-year senior and had a close friendship with him from his childhood until his later years, wrote Takuboku's song in later years, and it was erected in the fall of 1972 by former staff volunteers. “Once upon a time, I threw a ball on the roof of an elementary school, and how it turned out.”

Shibumin Park (No. 1 Takuboku Poetry Monument)

Shibumin Park stretches along the banks of the Kitakami River across National Route 4 in front of the Ishikawa Takuboku Memorial Museum. Here is the first Takuboku poem monument, erected on April 13, 1922 (Taisho 11), with the inscription, ``As if I were to cry when I saw Kitakami Kishibeme looking at Yanagi.'' It is rare. At Takuboku Station in the park, there is a coffee shop and also sells handmade cakes made by local housewives, Takuboku goods, and farm-fresh vegetables.

Rock Ironware Museum

Since its founding in 1902, Iwachu has continued to preserve and pass on traditional techniques, producing over 1 million pieces of Nambu ironware each year. While preserving tradition, they also strive to create new traditions that meet the needs of the times, and a wide variety of Nanbu ironware products are exported not only domestically but also overseas, mainly to Europe. The Iwachu Ironware Museum is a theme park-style factory where you can see the actual work process, including an exhibition gallery of Nanbu ironware.