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Wooden seated statue of Tathagata and wooden standing statue of Eleven-faced Kannon Bodhisattva at Hasedera Temple

These are Buddhist statues from the Heian period to the Kamakura period, and both statues are made using the one-piece wood technique. Among them, the wooden seated statue of Nyorai is said to be the oldest Buddha statue in the Tohoku region, and both are valuable tangible cultural properties designated by the prefecture.

Ryushoji Temple Holy Kannon

A Kannon statue with a stern yet gentle ocean-like expression. It was created by Izumi no kami of Kanda, who brought it by ship from Edo during the Tenmei era about 200 years ago.

tsunami stone

A large stone, ``Tsunami Stone,'' about 3 meters wide and 2 meters high, was found buried underground near Yoshihama Beach in Sanriku-cho, Ofunato City, where the tsunami hit during the Great East Japan Earthquake. This stone was brought from the sea during a past major tsunami and placed as a memorial, and the words ``Tsunami Memorial Stone'' are engraved on its surface. "Tsunami memorial stone, approximately 200 meters in front, near the mouth of the Yoshihama River, a glaring stone that was struck on the edge of the tsunami on March 3, 1930, weighing 8,000 kan."