Mitsumasa Yonauchi

Yonai Water Purification Plant

The city's water purification plant, located in Kamiumai, on the outskirts of Morioka City, is also known as a famous spot for cherry blossom viewing, and the grounds are specially opened to the public during this season. Approximately 30 Japanese weeping cherry trees are carefully protected as city-designated preserved trees, and the sight of them in full bloom is truly spectacular, as if displaying the dignity of the queen of cherry blossoms. The red brick building of the water treatment plant, which has a strong presence, also adds flowers to the cherry blossoms. [Blooming period] Early to mid-May

Hoonji Temple/Gohyaku Rahats

An ancient temple of the Soto sect, the principal image is Shaka Nyorai. The Arhat statue housed in Arhat Hall was created by nine Buddhist sculptors in Kyoto over a period of four years starting in 1731. All are made of marquetry and lacquered, and some of the statues include Marco Polo and Kublai. A cultural property designated by Morioka City.

Ishikawa Takuboku poem monument (Shimobashi Junior High School playground)

A monument to Takuboku's poems in the schoolyard of Takuboku's alma mater, Morioka High School (currently Shimohashi Junior High School). Kyosuke Kindaichi, who was Takuboku's second-year senior and had a close friendship with him from his childhood until his later years, wrote Takuboku's song in later years, and it was erected in the fall of 1972 by former staff volunteers. “Once upon a time, I threw a ball on the roof of an elementary school, and how it turned out.”