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Ishikawa Takuboku Poetry Monument (in front of Morioka Station)

In the plaza in front of Morioka Station, there is a monument with a poem engraved with the words, ``Looking toward the mountains of my hometown, I have nothing to say. I am grateful for the mountains of my hometown.'' The song was composed during his time working at the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun newspaper, and its nostalgic feel is familiar to many people. Additionally, the letters ``Morioka'' posted on the outside wall of the station are a collection of letters written in Takuboku's own handwriting.

Konyamachi Banya

The remains of the fire station, which was built in 1913 (Taisho 2) and is a Morioka city landscape important building. After undergoing earthquake-proofing and renovation work, it reopened as a new exchange experience facility in March 2022 (Reiwa 4). There is a cafe and miscellaneous goods sales on the first floor, and a weaving workshop on the second floor, where you can also experience it by making a reservation. You can relax in a restaurant that exudes Taisho romance.

Morioka City Ruins Learning Center

A facility where research materials such as earthenware, stone tools, and ceramics excavated from ruins in Morioka City are stored, exhibited, and made available to the public. A site station that shows the distribution of the city's ruins, Ruins Discovery, which recreates the excavation site of Odate town ruins from the middle of the Jomon period (approximately 5,000 to 4,000 years ago) and includes restored dwellings. The site is mainly open to the public, including the ruins library, which displays approximately 800 excavated materials from the Jomon period to the medieval and early modern periods. There is also a special exhibition room (once or twice a year), an experiential learning room (earthenware/stoneware making, magatama making, etc.), a training room (lectures, citizen lectures, etc.), and a library. You can also tour the storage and exhibition room where many excavated artifacts are stored, and the data collection room with advance reservation.