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Arashiyama in the back

Iwate Town

Central Iwate

Nature / Scenery

    This course is a nature trail with a total length of 8.9 km from Kawahara Shinden in Iwate Town to Numamiyachi Inari Shrine. The area around Mt. Kobo, which is climbed from the starting point of Kawahara Shinden, has beautiful autumn leaves and is called the ``Arashiyama of the Oku'' because the scenery resembles Arashiyama in Kyoto. As you cross the Tohoku Main Line and proceed east, you will find yourself walking through a coniferous forest. Near the end of the trail, there are historical sites such as the Numamiyachi Magistrate's Office Ruins and the Numamiyachi Castle Ruins, and the walking course takes approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes. Best time to see autumn leaves: Late September to mid-October

    Location
    028-4211 Kawaguchi, Iwate-cho, Iwate-gun, Iwate Prefecture
    Closed
    Open all year round
    Inquiries
    Iwate Town Hall Planning and Commerce Division
    Phone number 0195-62-2111
    FAX number 0195-62-2073
    Website
    https://town.iwate.iwate.jp/town/accessmap/arashiyama-2/Open in new tab
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    Toilet located on the north side of the promenade
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    Kuroishi hot spring

    An old-fashioned wooden hot spring surrounded by forests. Kuroishi Onsen is a sodium chloride spring that is effective for neuralgia, muscle pain, joint pain, frozen shoulders, motor paralysis, bruises, sensitivity to cold, and recovery from fatigue.

    Iwate Town

    Central Iwate
    Sightseeing SpotsNature / Scenery

    Kawaguchi fox dance

    The Kawaguchi Fox Dance is also called Inari Kagura, and the fox symbolizes the use of Inari Daimyojin. It is said that when Inari Shrine was relocated from the Kawaguchi Castle ruins to its current location, a fox dance was also performed, and Kanjiro Segawa completed the process during the Meiji period. The dancers are boys from 12 or 3 years old to around 20 years old. The music consists of 2 to 4 people playing drums, 2 or more people playing flutes, and 2 or more people playing handguns.The drums are danced with the fox. The order is ``circle'', ``two-row crossing'', ``circle'', ``two-row crossing'', and ``concluding circle''. Date Kawaguchi Autumn Festival

    Iwate Town

    Central Iwate
    History / Culture

    Kitakami River Source/Yumiyama Spring

    According to literature, in June of the 5th year of Tenki, when Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, father and son Yoshiie marched during the Abe Yoritoki conquest (the War of the Nine Years), they could not bear the suffering of the soldiers and horses in the continuing scorching heat, prayed to Kannon for salvation, and Yoshiie bowed his bow. It is said that when he took a yuzu and stuck it to a rock, a spring gushed forth, and that spring still gushes out today and is the source of the Kitakami River. *Yuzu is the part where the strings are hung at both ends of the bow.

    Iwate Town

    Central Iwate
    History / CultureNature / Scenery