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millennium forest

The Toyama District Living Environment Conservation Forest in Unosumai-cho, Kamaishi City is a place where we hope that Kamaishi City will forever be a city rich in greenery.We will foster a forest of giant trees, preserve and pass it on as a permanent asset of the citizens, and promote the importance of greenery. In order to widely promote it, it has been designated as the "Kamaishi City Millennium Forest." This forest has promenades and parks, and giant trees such as horse chestnuts and katsuras with trunk circumferences exceeding 4 meters are dotted along the streams, and from the top there are wind power generation sites connected to Sankan Island and the Wayama Plateau in the ocean. You can see the windmills and Mt. Hayachine between the trees, and it can be used as a place for health promotion, socializing, and learning for children, such as forest bathing, walks, and nature observation sessions.

iron history museum

This is an iron museum unique to Kamaishi, the birthplace of modern steel manufacturing in Japan. A comprehensive performance theater that introduces the history of iron manufacturing in Kamaishi with sound, light, and video, centering around a model of a blast furnace that has been restored to full size, as well as visual equipment such as 3D images of the steelmaking process at the time and a computer-based Q&A about iron are also installed. You can enjoy learning about the history of iron. You can see a panoramic view of Kamaishi Bay from the observation terrace. A gas lamp related to Takato Oshima has been installed. The Iwate Prefecture City Gas Association donated a gas lamp (approximately 4m high) to Kamaishi City, which has been installed and lit in front of the entrance of the Iron History Museum. At dusk, the gentle light unique to gas lamps creates a magical atmosphere. [Origin of gas lights] Gas lights were first used as street lights in the 5th year of Meiji when they were installed by Kaemon Takashima in the foreign settlement in Yokohama, but 17 years earlier, in 2nd year of Ansei. It is said that gas lamps in Japan originated when Takato Oshima, who is said to be the father of modern steelmaking, used the coal gas generated in the process of making coke from coal for lighting.

Sennin’s secret water

This is the first non-heat treated natural mineral water permitted in Japan. It is weakly alkaline, close to biological water, and is gentle on the body. In recent years, it has also been used as a raw material for lotions.