Choshoji Temple

Kanpukuji Temple

It is said that in the 2nd year of Kenkyu, Kudo Yutsune's eldest son Inufusamaru built the temple and welcomed Encho Hoin and opened the temple. In the legend of Yoshitsune's journey northward, it houses a koji that is said to have been left behind by Rokuro Kamei Shigekiyo, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, when the master and servant of Minamoto no Yoshitsune was exiled there. In addition, the 88 Buddhist statues of Kobo Daishi's sacred sites are enshrined, from the first to the 88th, and you can make a pilgrimage along the path between the strangely shaped rocks.

Moritaka Naganuma

A sculptor from Ichinoseki City. He studied orthodox Western-style sculpture techniques at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, Italy, and returned to Japan in 1889 to work at the founding office of Tokyo Fine Arts School (currently Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts). In 1891, he established the Department of Sculpture at the same school and became its first professor. Kotaro Takamura is one of his students. His masterpiece, ``The Old Man,'' won the gold medal at the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition.

Michinoku Hydrangea Garden

*The opening period in 2023 is from Saturday, June 24th to Monday, July 24th. For about a month from late June, Sugiyama's alleys are decorated with brightly colored hydrangea flowers. Approximately 40,000 hydrangeas of 400 varieties are planted on Sugiyama, which is more than three times the size of Tokyo Dome, and are in full bloom one after another. There is also a rest area where you can relax and enjoy nature. [Opening period] Late June to late July every year