Ishikawa Takuboku Poetry Monument (Morioka Castle Ruins Park (Iwate Park))

Morioka City

Central Iwate

In the Morioka Castle Ruins Park, there is a monument with the famous poem ``Fifteen Hearts Lying on the Grass of the Unwanted Castle, Breathing in the Sky.'' Morioka Castle's Ninomaru is where Takuboku escaped from his school window as a boy, read literary and philosophical books, and ended his daydreams. The text on the monument is written by Kyosuke Kindaichi.

Location
Morioka Ichimaru
Inquiries
Morioka Tourism and Convention Association
Phone number 019-604-3305
FAX number 019-653-4417

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