Morioka City Toyama Forest Park

Yabukawa soba

It is said that the taste of soba is better if it is grown in a colder region, and Yabukawa soba is full of flavor and is made from 100% brown soba grown in Yabukawa, which is suitable for these conditions. Especially in October, you can enjoy fresh soba at a restaurant along National Route 455 in Yabukawa.

Kyosuke Kindaichi

A linguist from Morioka City and a leading expert on Ainu research. Graduated from the Department of Linguistics at the University of Tokyo, and won the Academy Award in 1933 for ``Research on the Ainu Epic Yukara.'' He became a professor at the University of Tokyo and Kokugakuin University, and was also a member of the Japan Academy and the Japanese Language Council. In 1951, he received the Order of Culture. He had been friends with the poet Takuboku Ishikawa since their days at Morioka Junior High School, and it is said that he often took care of him.

Shunsuke Matsumoto

Born in Shibuya, Tokyo. He moved to Hanamaki when he was a toddler, moved to Morioka when he was 10, and lived in Iwate Prefecture until he was 17. He was devoted to Modigliani. In 1930, ``Buildings'' was selected for the Nika Exhibition for the first time, and in 1945, ``City'' received a special award. Although he actively held exhibitions during the war, even though there were no venues for his presentation, the war ended in a weakened state, and the ``painter of color and line'' passed away at the young age of 36.