sauce katsudon

Iwai River Park

A park on the riverbed of the Iwai River that flows through the center of the city. It is also the venue for many events such as the Iwai River Spring Festival, fireworks displays, and sweet potato parties, and it is always crowded with people throughout the season for everything from cherry blossom viewing to swan feeding.

ancient rice oriza

Hanaizumi-cho, Ichinoseki City, is a local specialty in Hanaizumi-cho, Ichinoseki City, where ancient rice, which is said to have the same nutrients as rice from the Jomon period, is cultivated in a rice field of about 1 hectare. At the sales corner, there are about 50 types of products, including soba noodles made with ancient rice flour, tea, and ancient rice daifuku. It also serves as a direct sales store for locally harvested agricultural and forestry products such as vegetables, fruits, and flowers.

Ashi Higashiyama

A Confucian scholar from the Sendai domain who wrote Mukokuroku, which is said to be the origin of modern Japanese criminal law, during the Edo period.