Teramachi Street

White Dragon

It's been about 60 years since it opened, and as the original Jaja noodles restaurant, there's always a line of customers. It is served with stir-fried meat miso, cucumber, ginger, and green onions on top of hot boiled noodles, and is eaten by adding garlic, vinegar, and chili oil to taste. It is common to mix eggs and make chitan soup after a meal. ● Kawatoku store TEL: 019-651-1111 (Main) ● Fezan store TEL: 019-624-2247

Seiichi Kashima

A businessman from Morioka City. He was adopted as a son-in-law by the Kashima group, and the group became a railway construction specialist. He devised a new construction method and took charge of construction of the Tanna Tunnel, the longest in Japan at the time, in an area with poor ground, and completed it over a period of 16 years. He also changed the group into a stock company and became its first president, and in the industry, he served as a director of the Imperial Railway Association and chairman of the Japan Mainland Construction Industry Association, promoting the modernization of the civil engineering and construction industry. There is a Kashima Seiichi Memorial Observatory on a rocky mountain to the east of Morioka City, offering a panoramic view of the mountain range centered on Mt. Iwate.

Morioka Shinkin Bank Main Branch (former savings bank)

The former Morioka Savings Bank was built in 1927 and was designed by Manji Kasai, a native of Morioka. The six thick columns extending from the first floor to the second floor, the stone carving patterns on the granite, and the stained glass inside give the building a sense of grandeur, and are in line with the modern expressions of the early Showa period and modern design. Designated as a Morioka City Preserved Building.