Kawasaki Disaster Prevention Center (Kitakami River Exchange Center)

Seki no Ichi Sake Brewery

The Ichinoseki region is blessed with abundant water and rice cultivation from the Kitakami and Ou mountains. This sake is brewed with the secret techniques and love of Nambu's chief brewer, using water grown in this land and carefully selected rice. In addition, there is a brewery that produces Iwate Kura Beer, a cafe, and a restaurant with a menu that makes use of local cuisine and local ingredients. [Main products] Sekiichi

Azalea of ​​Mt. Murone

Mt. Murone, designated as a national recreation area and a prefectural natural park, is home to an estimated 200,000 azaleas. Particularly on the mountaintops and along the roadways, communities are formed and you can enjoy the magnificent natural scenery. [Best time to see] Mid-June to late June

Moritaka Naganuma

A sculptor from Ichinoseki City. He studied orthodox Western-style sculpture techniques at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, Italy, and returned to Japan in 1889 to work at the founding office of Tokyo Fine Arts School (currently Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts). In 1891, he established the Department of Sculpture at the same school and became its first professor. Kotaro Takamura is one of his students. His masterpiece, ``The Old Man,'' won the gold medal at the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition.