whale mountain

Kirikiri Zenbei (Maekawa Zenbei) successive graves

It is said that the ancestors of Kirikiri Zenbei (Maekawa Zenbei) were from Sagami Province (present-day Kanagawa Prefecture), took the surname Shimizu, and served the Odawara Hojo clan. In the 18th year of Tensho, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi attacked Odawara and the castle fell, Maekawa's ancestors fled to Kesenura and eventually settled in Kirikiri. He then adopted the surname Maekawa, after his hometown of Maekawa Village in Sagami.

Niiyama Plateau

A plateau with vast expanses of fields and romantic white birch forests. In early summer, alpine plants such as astragalus azalea and buttercup bloom.

Kirikiri coast

The word ``Kirikiri'' is said to come from the Ainu word for ``singing sand,'' which makes a ``kirikiri'' sound when walking on the beach. In the summer, the beach is crowded with visitors.