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Hiraizumi Town - Motsuji Main Hall
The primary object of veneration here is not the Amida Buddha
many would expect, but rather Yakushi, the healer. This Heian
Era (794 - 1192) statue is flanked by the Bodhisattva's Nikko
(Suryaprabha) and Gakko (Chandraprabha).
Access: 5 mins by car from Hiraizumi Sta.
Information: Hiraizumi Tourism Assoc. 0191-46-2110
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Morioka City - Hara Kei Memorial Museum
In 1919 Hara Takashi, better known
as Hara Kei, of Morioka, became the first prime
minister of Japan's new political parliamentary
government. Hara Kei's books, letters, and diaries
- over 400 items in total - are on display in this
museum.
Access: 20 mins by car from Morioka Sta.
Information: Morioka Tourism Assoc.
019-651-4111
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Tamayama Village - Ishikawa Takuboku
Memorial Museum
This literary museum was founded in 1986 to commemorate the
centenary of the birth of Iwate-born Ishikawa Takuboku (1886-1912).
The white building is a representation of the ideal home Takuboku
described in his poem “Home”. Clothes, photographs,
and handwritten notes and letters bring to life the world of
this literary great.
Access: 5 mins by car from IGR Shibutami Sta
Information: Ishikawa Takuboku Memorial Museum 019-683-2315
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Tono City - Chiba Family Magariya
Nambu Magariya farmhouses are
easily recognizable from their thatched roofs and L
shape. The short end of the L is a horse stable,
the long end the family's living quarters.
Access: 30 mins by car from Tono Sta.
Information: Tono Tourist Information Center
0198-62-4244
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Hanamaki City - Miyazawa Kenji Memorial
Museum
Kenji was a true renaissance man,
active in an extraordinarily wide range of fields.
This museum displays Kenji's thought and work
broken down into seven categories, environment,
faith, science, art, agronomy, general, and
documentation.
Access: 5 mins by car from Shin-Hanamaki Sta.
Information: 0198-31-2319
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Morioka City - Bank of Iwate Nakanohashi
Branch
Formerly the headquarters of
Morioka Bank and now an Important Cultural Asset,
the renaissance-style Bank of Iwate Nakanohashi
Branch was designed by a team including Tatsuno
Kingo, and built in 1911.
Access: 20 mins on foot from Morioka Sta.
Information: Morioka Tourism Assoc.
019-651-4111
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Morioka City - Morioka Memorial Museum of Great
Predecessors
On the first floor there are
individual exhibition rooms for such historically
important figures as Nitobe Inazo, Yonai Mitsumasa,
and Kindaichi Kyosuke. On the second floor are
collections of 122 other historical Moriokans'
various personal effects.
Access: 15 mins by car from Morioka Sta.
Information: Morioka Tourism Assoc.
019-651-4111
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