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Come to the plaza

This information dissemination base was named after the Morioka dialect for ``Please come.'' In addition to the `` Tourism and Culture Information Plaza '' on the second floor, there is also a shop selling specialty products and a light snack cafe. In addition, the `` Morioka Tegami Museum '' on the 6th floor stores and exhibits letters and diaries of great people connected to Morioka.

Ishiwarizakura

In front of the Morioka District Court, Edohigan cherry blossoms are growing out of a huge granite rock with a circumference of 21 meters. This cherry tree, which has a root circumference of 4.3 meters and a height of 10 meters and is said to be over 360 years old, blooms beautifully from mid-April every year. The cherry blossoms are beautiful during the day when the spring sun shines through them, but the cherry blossoms at night are also very atmospheric. It was designated as a national natural monument in 1923. [Best time to see cherry blossoms] Mid-April to late April

Enkoji Temple

The family temple of Mitsumasa Yonai, the prime minister from Morioka. Founded during the Kanbun era (1661-1672). There is a neck mound that tells the legend of a lotus who stole the head of his executed father and offered it as a memorial service. It has been designated as a city-designated preservation building.