Asakai Co., Ltd.

Morioka Tegamikan

This is a unique facility in Japan that stores, researches, and exhibits manuscripts, diaries, etc., mainly letters of our ancestors. A large number of valuable materials such as letters, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, calligraphy and ink of famous people connected to Morioka such as Takuboku Ishikawa, Mitsumasa Yonai, Inazo Nitobe, and Shinpei Goto are on display. We also hold special exhibitions and theme exhibitions.

Jiro Kuji

Jiro Kuji, who was born in Aomori Prefecture and spent his childhood in Morioka City, was invited to Morioka Junior High School's baseball team and became a catcher. After entering Waseda University, he continued to play an active role in the baseball club, and after graduating, he joined the Hakodate Ocean Club, a corporate team. At the Japan-America Baseball Tournament held in 1933, he played against Babe Ruth and other members of the American selection team, and as a catcher, he had a good lead over pitcher Eiji Sawamura. In 1939, he died after being hit in the head by a thrown ball. Even today, the Kuji Award is established as a fighting spirit award in intercity baseball.

Takuboku Ishikawa and Bokusui Wakayama Friendship Monument

The ``Takuboku Ishikawa and Bokusui Wakayama Friendship Monument'' is engraved with the works of two of Takuboku's friends, Bokusui, with whom he was most forgiving in his later years and with whom he shared his final moments. ``I just want to run away from the classroom window and go to the castle ruins alone to sleep'' (Takuboku Ishikawa) and ``Leaning against the old stone wall of the castle ruins, I can't hear the distant sound of the waves'' (Bokusui Wakayama).