By using this website, you are deemed to have consented to the setting and use of cookies. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

Kiyoshi Goko

Morioka City

Central Iwate

History / Culture

A businessman from Mizusawa Ward, Oshu City. He became president of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 1942, but in the same year he was selected as a cabinet advisor to the Hideki Tojo cabinet, and became chairman the following year. After the war, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was manufacturing wartime weapons, and Goko, as president at the time, was working hard to increase production, but he was forced to be detained as a suspected war criminal. After being released from prison, he was punished by being expelled from public office, but when the charges were cleared and the punishment was lifted, he returned to the business world. He held various positions in the industry and contributed to the postwar economic recovery.

Location
2-2 Motomiya Jaiyashiki, Morioka 020-0866
Inquiries
Morioka City Ancestor Memorial Hall
Phone number 019-659-3338
Back to List

View More

Iwate Bank Red Brick Building

It opened as Iwate Bank Red Brick Building on Sunday, July 17, 2016. Built to the design of Kingo Tatsuno and Manji Kasai Architects, the former Morioka Bank is built of red brick with a green dome, and its exterior has a strict Renaissance-style outline. Located in the center of the city, it combines with the Nakatsu River and Nakano Bridge to form Morioka's representative landscape. A nationally designated important cultural property built in 1909.

Morioka City

Central Iwate
History / CultureMuseums

Morioka Theater

The Morioka Theater was built in 1912, just two years after the Tokyo National Theater, as a result of citizens' efforts to relax. After that, it disappeared with the passage of time, but in 1990, it was brought back to life in the same place due to the enthusiasm of the citizens. Literary drama was also revived at the same time. It is now the only theater in Japan that performs literary plays.

Morioka City

Central Iwate
Other

Himegami ware Toshian

Approximately 2,000 pieces of ceramics, ranging from household items to works of art, are on display in the exhibition room in his home. His works are characterized by openwork carvings of wild grapes and wisteria, which he made from his experience in metal casting and plaster carving. I am moved by his delicate techniques, including his attempt to explore unexplored fields using curved lines like candlesticks.

Morioka City

Central Iwate
Sightseeing SpotsMuseums