Nitobe Inazo

Fujiwara Bee Farm

*Relocated and reopened in May 2023. Since opening in 1909, we have exhibited beekeeping products and ecosystem-related products born from a century of honeybee research, and you can listen to explanations of these products and learn more about pollen control of agricultural products and the importance of nature. It is attracting attention as a bee farm. A Japanese honey bee village has been established in a mountainous area about 20 minutes by car from the city, and there is a honey-harvesting farm that has been in existence since the Taisho era along the mountain stream at the Hayachine trailhead.

Ono dyeing place

On the second floor of the store, old paper patterns from the feudal period, restored panels of the patterns, materials and materials for indigo dyeing are on display, and you can listen to tape-based explanations of the process. Nanbu ancient stencil dyeing began during the Kan'ei era, when Ebisuya Sanemon, who was invited from Kyoto as the official dyer for the Nanbu family, used stencils to dye family crests and patterns on kimonos and armor. There are over 300 types of paper patterns that have been passed down from generation to generation.

Kiyoshi Goko

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.