Kawasaki Disaster Prevention Center (Kitakami River Exchange Center)

25 Bodhisattva Hall

This statue of Amida Nyorai and the 25 Bodhisattvas that follow him are designated as Iwate Prefecture's tangible cultural properties. It is said that Seisei-in Temple in Kyoto is the only place where 25 Bodhisattva statues are carved, and the Bodhisattva statues, which have beautiful chisel marks, are said to be national treasures if they had heads.

Ishi and Kenji Museum

The ``Former Tohoku Crushed Stone Factory'', which inspired Kenji Miyazawa to visit Higashiyama Town in his later years, the ``Taiyo to Kaze no Ie'' where related materials are exhibited and events are held, and the tea sweets made by local people. There is a corner called ``Himawari'' where you can take a drink.

Suga Shusai Spirit Tower

Fukujuzan Anrakuji Temple (Matsumori, Iwashimizu, Senmaya Town) was founded over 1,070 years ago by Shusai Suga, the fourth son of Michizane Sugawara, the Minister of the Right, to enshrine the spirit of his father.In the back mountain, there is a statue of Sugawara, the god of learning. The spirit pagodas of Michizane and Michizane's fourth son Shusai Suga are standing side by side. In the memorial tablet hall at the back of the main hall, there is enshrined a memorial tablet of Shusai Suga with the name ``Fukujuinden Yasmine Shoraku Daikoji'' engraved on it. This is the spirit tower of Michizane Sugawara, the god of learning, and Shusai Suga, Michizane's fourth son, where parents and children who died far apart in Fukuoka and Iwate prefectures are lined up in the land of Senmaya.