Yabukawa soba

Kenji Miyazawa Poetry Monument (Former Prefectural Library Square)

Kenji Miyazawa's poem monument ``Iwate Park'' is located in Morioka Castle Ruins Park (Iwate Park) near the Nakatsugawa River, and depicts the scene of the poem itself: ``The river and banks are green with trees, and the city is quietly twilight.'' It is built inside. This poem, which begins with ``Kanata,'' and Mr. Tapping is old and swings his cane far and wide, is a literary poem written in August 1930, one month before Kenji's death. In addition to his missionary work, Tapping taught English at Morioka Junior High School, and his wife is the founder of Morioka Kindergarten.

Sakakiyama Inari Shrine (Morioka Kaiun Shrine)

At the time of the construction of Morioka Castle (Keicho 2), the 26th generation of the Nambu clan, Nobunao, placed the fate of the domain at stake in the Sakakiyama Kuruwa within the castle grounds, and dedicated the Morioka Kaiun Shrine. The divine spirit is a god that was revered by the ancestor, Silla Saburo Yoshimitsu (Seiwa-Genji), and although it was closed down in the Meiji era due to the abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures, it is a prayer shrine that was later rebuilt in Kitayama. There are 14 shrines within the precincts, as well as the scenic garden ``Ryokufuen'' and ``Shinji Pond,'' which date back to the Morioka domain era, making it a majestic sacred area that colors Morioka's four seasons.

Kiyoshi Goko

A businessman from Mizusawa Ward, Oshu City. He became president of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 1942, but in the same year he was selected as a cabinet advisor to the Hideki Tojo cabinet, and became chairman the following year. After the war, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was manufacturing wartime weapons, and Goko, as president at the time, was working hard to increase production, but he was forced to be detained as a suspected war criminal. After being released from prison, he was punished by being expelled from public office, but when the charges were cleared and the punishment was lifted, he returned to the business world. He held various positions in the industry and contributed to the postwar economic recovery.