Morioka City Central Community Center Former Nanbu Clan Villa Garden

Rock Ironware Museum

Since its founding in 1902, Iwachu has continued to preserve and pass on traditional techniques, producing over 1 million pieces of Nambu ironware each year. While preserving tradition, they also strive to create new traditions that meet the needs of the times, and a wide variety of Nanbu ironware products are exported not only domestically but also overseas, mainly to Europe. The Iwachu Ironware Museum is a theme park-style factory where you can see the actual work process, including an exhibition gallery of Nanbu ironware.

Hoonji Temple/Gohyaku Rahats

An ancient temple of the Soto sect, the principal image is Shaka Nyorai. The Arhat statue housed in Arhat Hall was created by nine Buddhist sculptors in Kyoto over a period of four years starting in 1731. All are made of marquetry and lacquered, and some of the statues include Marco Polo and Kublai. A cultural property designated by Morioka City.

Place of publication of “Shotenchi”

Takuboku Ishikawa left his newlywed home (3-chome, Chuo-dori, Morioka City) where he lived for three weeks after marrying his wife, Setsuko, and moved to Kagano Iki-cho, Morioka City. Takuboku lived here for nine months from July 1908 until he returned to Shibumin as a substitute teacher in March of the following year, and these were memorable days in Takuboku's life. It was also here that he published the literary magazine ``Shotenchi,'' and his thoughts at the time are described in the foreword of his long poem ``Eban Magazine.''