Hayasaka plateau

Takuboku Ishikawa

A poet and poet from Morioka City (formerly Shibumin Village). In 1901, he published a collection of poems ``Akogare'' under the name ``Takuboku''. In 1901, he published his first collection of three-line tanka poems, ``A Handful of Sand''. Although he was acclaimed as a lifestyle-oriented poet, due to poverty and illness, he passed away at the age of 26 without returning to his hometown.

Miyazawa Kenji Stone Monument (Koharasha)

A stone pillar carved with a portion of the fairy tale ``The Crow's Big Dipper'' and a monument to the place where the same fairy tale ``The Restaurant of Many Orders'' was published are erected at Mitsuharasha in Zaimoku-cho. “Ah, Majiel-sama, please, please help this world become as soon as possible without killing enemies you cannot hate, and for that to happen, I wouldn’t mind having my body torn apart. ” In Taisho 10, when the work engraved on this stone pillar was written, Kenji suddenly moved to Tokyo and joined the religious organization ``Kokushukai'', but returned home due to his younger sister Toshi's illness. In that year, he became a teacher at Hanamaki Prefectural Agricultural School, and it was the year when he was most active in creating children's stories.

Sakakiyama Inari Shrine (Morioka Kaiun Shrine)

At the time of the construction of Morioka Castle (Keicho 2), the 26th generation of the Nambu clan, Nobunao, placed the fate of the domain at stake in the Sakakiyama Kuruwa within the castle grounds, and dedicated the Morioka Kaiun Shrine. The divine spirit is a god that was revered by the ancestor, Silla Saburo Yoshimitsu (Seiwa-Genji), and although it was closed down in the Meiji era due to the abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures, it is a prayer shrine that was later rebuilt in Kitayama. There are 14 shrines within the precincts, as well as the scenic garden ``Ryokufuen'' and ``Shinji Pond,'' which date back to the Morioka domain era, making it a majestic sacred area that colors Morioka's four seasons.