Sightseeing Spots

Jagasaki

A cliff-top cape at the eastern base of the Hirota Peninsula. It is a sea cliff formed by five layers of hard sandstone and shale rock that have been eroded by the sea. On the west side there is a cave called "Demonose Cave", and on the side of the narrow channel between Tsurushima and Kameshima there are two blowing holes, the sound of which blows up the water column is loud, and it also serves as a good beacon for fishing boats in heavy fog. That's what it means. Nationally designated natural monument

Glass studio glass K

In addition to introducing the glassblowing process through panels, tools and raw materials are also on display. Inside the workshop, you can see how vessels and vases are made using a technique that is said to have been around since B.C. You can also try out the actual production experience.

Himegami ware Toshian

Approximately 2,000 pieces of ceramics, ranging from household items to works of art, are on display in the exhibition room in his home. His works are characterized by openwork carvings of wild grapes and wisteria, which he made from his experience in metal casting and plaster carving. I am moved by his delicate techniques, including his attempt to explore unexplored fields using curved lines like candlesticks.

Kenji Shimizu

This is the communal well that Kenji Miyazawa used when he was a student at Morioka High School of Agriculture and Forestry (currently Iwate University Faculty of Agriculture) in 1912, when he was lodging with his younger brother Seiroku and cousin at the Tamai family in Osawagawara 1-chome. It is still freely available.

Takuboku Ishikawa and Bokusui Wakayama Friendship Monument

The ``Takuboku Ishikawa and Bokusui Wakayama Friendship Monument'' is engraved with the works of two of Takuboku's friends, Bokusui, with whom he was most forgiving in his later years and with whom he shared his final moments. ``I just want to run away from the classroom window and go to the castle ruins alone to sleep'' (Takuboku Ishikawa) and ``Leaning against the old stone wall of the castle ruins, I can't hear the distant sound of the waves'' (Bokusui Wakayama).

Ishikawa Takuboku Poetry Monument (in front of Morioka Station)

In the plaza in front of Morioka Station, there is a monument with a poem engraved with the words, ``Looking toward the mountains of my hometown, I have nothing to say. I am grateful for the mountains of my hometown.'' The song was composed during his time working at the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun newspaper, and its nostalgic feel is familiar to many people. Additionally, the letters ``Morioka'' posted on the outside wall of the station are a collection of letters written in Takuboku's own handwriting.

Japanese Contemporary Poetry and Literature Museum

The Japan Museum of Contemporary Poetry and Literature aims to comprehensively collect, permanently preserve, and research Japanese poetry materials such as modern poetry, tanka, haiku, and senryu on a nationwide scale, as well as hold exhibitions and promote poetry literature. This is the only general literature museum in Japan specializing in poetry. Located in Kitakami City, which is surrounded by the flow of the Kitakami River, green nature, and a poetic climate, it is located in the Poetry Forest Park that colors the city. Many visitors come from all over the country, and it is widely known as the Hall of the Spirits of Words. Masu.

Hakogamori

Lake Gosho into which the Shizukuishi River flows. Hakogamori is a mountain shaped like an upside down box that can be seen to the south of the lake reflecting the surrounding greenery. From the peak of about 866m, you can see Mt. Nanchang, Mt. Hayachine, Mt. Iwate, etc. Approximately 120 minutes from the Inarizawa trailhead and Fujikura trailhead to the summit.

Daiji Shimizu

Gidaji Temple and Daiji Temple are the water sources. It is made of a box shaped like a hinadan, and from the top it is filled with drinking water, rice polishing, washing water, and foot washing. It is still used by many people as daily water.

Mt. Orizume (mountain summit observation deck)

Mt. Orizume is a folding screen-like mountain (852m above sea level) that separates the Pacific coast from the inland area. The Orizume course on the Ninohe side is about 8 km from the base of Tate Bridge on the Ninohe/Kunohe Line to the top, and takes about 3 hours. For this reason, we are blessed with a 360-degree panoramic view of the Hachinohe sea and the sunrise over the Pacific Ocean. Also, due to the large temperature difference between the coastal and inland areas, seas of clouds often occur, and you can see Mt. Iwate floating in the sea of ​​clouds from the observation deck. [Period] May to November

Takuboku father and son monument

A ``Father and Son Monument'' was erected with Takuboku Ishikawa's ``Nakatsugawa, the night when the river deer sing in the moon, a dreamer who chases the cool breeze'' and his father Ichiyoshi's ``Nakatsugawa, where we meet each other in the north, in the evening light as we cross the rapids''. It is being

Morioka City Ruins Learning Center

A facility where research materials such as earthenware, stone tools, and ceramics excavated from ruins in Morioka City are stored, exhibited, and made available to the public. A site station that shows the distribution of the city's ruins, Ruins Discovery, which recreates the excavation site of Odate town ruins from the middle of the Jomon period (approximately 5,000 to 4,000 years ago) and includes restored dwellings. The site is mainly open to the public, including the ruins library, which displays approximately 800 excavated materials from the Jomon period to the medieval and early modern periods. There is also a special exhibition room (once or twice a year), an experiential learning room (earthenware/stoneware making, magatama making, etc.), a training room (lectures, citizen lectures, etc.), and a library. You can also tour the storage and exhibition room where many excavated artifacts are stored, and the data collection room with advance reservation.