Toyama Dam

Morioka Hachimangu Shrine

Morioka Hachimangu Shrine was built in 1680 by the 29th Lord Shigenobu Nanbu. The deity enshrined at Morioka Hachimangu Shrine is Shinada Wake no Mikoto (15th Emperor Ojin), who has been revered by local people since ancient times as the god of the roots of human life such as agriculture, industry, commerce, learning, food, clothing, and shelter. have been collected. Due to disasters such as the Great Morioka Fire in 1884 and damage from wind and snow over many years, the shrine building has been repeatedly rebuilt, and the current shrine building was rebuilt in December 1997. The vermilion-painted main shrine building with its colorful carvings exudes an imposing atmosphere as the new ``face of Morioka.'' As the largest shrine in the prefecture, and as a place of worship and celebrations that are rooted in people's lives, it is still crowded with visitors throughout the year.

Morioka Jajamen

Jajamen is characterized by its carefully selected mellow flavored meat miso and chewy noodles.

Kenji Miyazawa poem monument (inside Morioka High School)

``To all the students, don't you feel the clear, clean wind blowing from this dashing realm of your future?'' The Morioka Daiichi High School where this monument stands is Morioka Junior High School, where Kenji once studied. Taking a break from the stuffy old family where he was born and raised, living in a dormitory, and hanging out with friends of his own generation brought Kenji a great sense of freedom. While attending school, I walked in the nearby mountains and became familiar with many books. Takuboku Ishikawa is ten years my senior at Morioka Junior High School.