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Iwateyama Yakehashiri International Exchange Village

The Iwate Mountain Yakehashiri International Exchange Village, which spreads out at the foot of Mt. Iwate, is a facility blessed with natural scenery and equipped with facilities such as an auto campground, a cabin village, an observatory, and a hot spring facility. Adjacent to the site is the ``Yakehashiri Lava Flow,'' a national special natural monument with approximately 150 hectares of lava fields, where you can experience outdoor activities such as climbing Mt. Iwate, camping, and astronomical observation.

Hachimantai Mountaintop Rest House

A relaxing space on the summit of Hachimantai. On the 1st floor above ground and the 2nd basement floor, there are rest corners offering meals and local products to soothe the fatigue of sightseeing. Also, the natural environment information corner is full of information about Hachimantai. It provides information on alpine plants and hot springs.

Ishikawa Takuboku’s poem monument (Osen-in Temple and surrounding area)

``My father, at the age of sixty, left home to hear from his master.'' Poem monument at Daisen-in Temple, Hiratate, Hachimantai City. Takuboku's father Kazuyoshi was from Hiratate. He became a Buddhist monk at Daisen-in Temple. There is also the grave of Takuboku's ancestors here. In addition, there is a statue in front of Hiratate Prefectural High School that says, ``I was holding my mother on my back, crying so much that I could barely take three steps,'' and in front of Hiratate Prefectural High School, there was a message that said, ``In the window of that house, I spent a spring night with Hideko and a frog.'' There is "Listen to it". ``Hideko'' refers to Hideko Hotta, who was Takuki's colleague and literary friend when he was a substitute teacher.