Hanamaki Onsen
Rose Garden

Hanamaki Onsen premises

Construction began in 1958 on the site where Nansha Kadan once stood.
It opened two years later in 1960.
Over 6,000 roses of approximately 450 different varieties decorate the garden with bright colors and rich fragrances throughout the year on a site of approximately 5,000 tsubo in area.
Some of the roses have been improved and certified as new varieties in our garden, and there is also a sundial flower bed designed by Kenji Miyazawa.

Kamabuchi Falls

Hanamaki Onsen premises

This waterfall is located on the Tai River that flows through Hanamaki Onsen.
The sight of the clear stream splitting into many lines over a large rock 8.5m high and 30m wide and falling into the basin of the waterfall is exhilarating.
The forest around Kamabuchi Falls is a promenade, and it's an easy walking course where you can walk through the sunlight filtering through the trees.

Hanamaki Onsen Inari Shrine

Hanamaki Onsen premises

In 1920, the alter ego of Inari Shrine, which was enshrined at Morioka Bank, was transferred.
It continues to be loved by the local people, with a naked pilgrimage on New Year's Day, annual festival, and annual prayer festival held every year.

Kenji Miyazawa Memorial Museum

Yazawa, Hanamaki City /
20 minutes by car

Kenji Miyazawa was a children's story writer with deep knowledge of a wide range of fields including science, music, landscaping, and agriculture.
The Kenji Miyazawa Memorial Museum is the central facility where visitors can become familiar with the world of diverse activities.
In addition to Kenji's favorite items and manuscripts, you can also see Kenji's world recreated through videos.

Kenji Miyazawa Fairy Tale Village

Yazawa, Hanamaki City /
20 minutes by car

Kenji Miyazawa Fairy Tales Village is a fun learning facility where you can have fun in the world of Kenji's fairy tales, where Giovanni, Matasaburo, and Yamaneko seem to be appearing at any moment.
When you enter the Galaxy Station, which appears in "Night on the Galactic Railway," you enter Kenji's world, and everyone from adults to children can enjoy it.

Kenji Miyazawa Ihatovkan

Yazawa, Hanamaki City /
20 minutes by car

This is a literary museum that collects various genres of artistic works and research papers related to Kenji Miyazawa.
It is organized in an easy-to-understand manner and can be viewed, touched, and used freely.
Various goods such as Kenji's books and postcards are also on sale.

Rasu Jijin Association

Kuzu, Hanamaki City /
15 minutes by car

In 1926, he renovated the Miyazawa family's villa in what is now Sakuramachi, Hanamaki City, and established the Rasu Jijin Association with surrounding young farmers. There, Kenji worked in the surrounding fields during the day and taught science, Esperanto, and agricultural techniques to the farmers at night.
It was moved to its current location (Hanamaki Agricultural High School) in 1969.

Kenji Poetry Monument

Sakuramachi, Hanamaki City /
25 minutes by car

This monument, built on the site of the Rasu Jijin Association, has a special significance among the many monuments to Kenji Miyazawa's poetry.
The second half of the phrase ``Ame Nimo Makezu'' is engraved on the monument, written by Kotaro Takamura.
Every year on September 21st, the anniversary of Kenji's death, the Kenji Festival is held at this location, with poetry readings, choral singing, outdoor plays, roundtable discussions, and more.

Kotaro Takamura Memorial Museum

Ota, Hanamaki City /
25 minutes by car

Sculptor and poet Kotaro Takamura's studio was destroyed in an air raid in 1945, and he was evacuated to Kenji Miyazawa's parents' home.
However, that house was also damaged in the air raid, so they built a shabby hut and moved to Yamaguchi, Ota Village, Hienuki District (now Hanamaki City).
The museum exhibits 150 items, including the prototype of the ``Nude Statue'' from Lake Towada, handwritten manuscripts, and papercuts by his wife Chieko.

Hanamaki Nitobe Memorial Museum

Takamatsu, Hanamaki City /
25 minutes by car

This memorial museum exhibits the dedication of the Nitobe Inazo family, whose portrait is on the 5,000 yen bill, to the development of Hanamaki.
Inazo's ancestors worked in Hanamaki for over 230 years starting in 1598, developing new rice fields and instructing Hanamaki castle warriors in both the literary and military arts. There are quizzes about Nitta Kaihatsu that can be easily taken on a computer, so even small children can learn while having fun.

Nanbu Toji Tradition Museum

Ishidoriya-cho, Hanamaki City /
20 minutes by car

Nanbu chief brewers are craftsmen who have inherited sophisticated sake brewing techniques from Japan's top three chief brewers, and are involved in sake brewing in all regions, from Hokkaido in the north to Shikoku in the south.
The Nambu Toji Fossil Museum, which introduces the Nambu Toji, is a facility that preserves and passes on the traditional culture of sake brewing, and introduces sake brewing tools and anecdotes related to sake.

edelwein

Osako-cho, Hanamaki City /
40 minutes by car

Osako is one of the leading wine producing areas in Iwate Prefecture.
We have continued to win awards every year at the domestic wine competition that has been held since 2003, and our high level of technical ability has been evaluated.
At the attached wine factory, you can observe the brewing, aging, and bottling process.

Koiwai Farm

Shizukuishi Town /
45 minutes by car

It is the largest private comprehensive farm in Japan, boasting a vast site area of ​​approximately 3,000 hectares (9 million tsubo).
We raise 2,000 dairy cows (Holstein), and the raw milk produced in the Kamimaru cowshed on the farm is processed at the milk factory in Makibaen and sold as milk and yogurt.
At Makibaen, a sightseeing area, you can relax and enjoy the beautiful scenery in the vast grounds overlooking Mt. Iwate.
There are many activities such as guided tours of nationally designated important cultural properties and production sites that are normally closed to the public, as well as play equipment and horseback riding, so you can enjoy Koiwai Farm from various aspects.

Hachimantai

Hachimantai City /
55 minutes by car

A group of mountains in the northern part of the Ou Mountains, it was designated as Towada-Hachimantai National Park in 1956.
The Hachimantai area has gentle terrain and abundant snow, so there are many swamps and wetlands, and communities of various alpine plants and wetland plants have developed.
The area around Hachimantai is one of the leading hot spring areas in the Tohoku region, with many unique hot springs gushing out.

Mt. Iwate
(Yakehashiri Lava Flow)

Hachimantai City /
75 minutes by car

The Yakehashiri lava flow of Mt. Iwate was created by an eruption about 300 years ago.
Because the lava was erupted relatively recently, it is hardly covered by soil or trees.
It has been designated as a special natural monument of the country, and there is a nature observation trail that is about 1km each way.

Chusonji Temple

Hiraizumi Town /
50 minutes by car

This temple is located in Hiraizumi-cho, Nishiiwai-gun, and is the head temple of the Tendai sect of Tohoku.
It is famous as a temple associated with the third generation of the Oshu Fujiwara clan, and has many cultural properties, including the Konjiki-do Hall, which is a collection of the finest arts, crafts, and architecture of the Hiraizumi period.
On May 22, 1979, the Chuson-ji Temple Precincts was designated as a special national historic site.

Motsuji Temple

Hiraizumi Town /
50 minutes by car

It was opened in 850 by Jikaku Daishi.
Afterwards, it was destroyed by a large fire, but was rebuilt by the second and third Oshu Fujiwara clan, Motohira and Hidehira.
It was registered as a World Heritage Site in 2011, and is also designated as a national special historic site and a special place of scenic beauty.

Esashi Fujiwara no Sato

Oshu City / 45 minutes by car

A tourist facility located in Esashi Ward, Oshu City.
It is often used as a filming location for NHK Taiga dramas.
From the castle fences of the ancient Tohoku region to Toyota-kan, the residence of Fujiwara Kiyohira, the Oshu Fujiwara clan's government office, Hidehira's residence, Kara Gosho, and the Konjiki-do Hall, a symbol of the golden culture, are fully reproduced.

Genbikei

Ichinoseki City /
55 minutes by car

It is a valley in the middle reaches of the Iwai River, whose water source is Mt. Kurikoma.It stretches for 2km and shows various features such as strangely shaped rocks, waterfalls, and deep abyss, and has been designated as a national scenic spot and natural monument.
``Guo Gong Dango'' is a unique device in which a basket filled with tea and dumplings slides down from the opposite bank, and has become a specialty of Genbikei.

Geibikei Gorge

Ichinoseki City /
65 minutes by car

Geibi Gorge, which is considered one of Japan's 100 most scenic views, is a 2-kilometer valley created by the Satetsu River eroding limestone.
You can enjoy the colors and atmosphere of each season, and during the snowy winter months, we operate a ``kotatsu boat'' where you can enjoy a wood-nagashi hotpot.

Tono's Story House

Tono City / 48 minutes by car

Tono Monogatari no Yakata is home to the ''Makashiwagura'' where you can learn about the world of folk tales, the ''Yanagita Kunio Exhibition Room'', which relocated the Takazen Ryokan where Kunio Yanagita stayed and the main house where he spent his later years, and the ''Yanagita Kunio Exhibition Room'' where you can enjoy folk tales and local performing arts. It is a facility that can be enjoyed by both adults and children, consisting of ''Tonoza'' and ''Akabanegura'', a souvenir shop with a variety of Kappa goods.

Tono Denshoenen

Tono City / 55 minutes by car

You can recreate the lifestyle of former farmers in the Tono region and experience traditional events, folk tales, and the production and realization of folk crafts.
The park includes the former Kikuchi family residence, which is a nationally important cultural property, a memorial hall for Kizen Sasaki, who was the narrator of "Tono Monogatari," and the Oshira-do Shrine, which is home to a thousand Oshirasama silkworms.
There is also a restaurant where you can enjoy local cuisine.

Kappafuchi

Tono City / 55 minutes by car

The stream that flows behind Joken-ji Temple in Tsuchibuchi-cho, Tono City is commonly known as ``Kappa-buchi.''
Kappa, who appears in Kunio Yanagita's ``Tono Monogatari,'' is a mischievous character who tries to lure horses that come to drink from a stream.
There is a small shrine dedicated to the Kappa god on the shore.

Hashino Iron Mine

Kamaishi City /
85 minutes by car

The Hashino Blast Furnace was built at the end of the Edo period to create cannons to resist the Western powers that were pressing for the opening of the country. On June 3, 1957, it was designated as a national historic site as the oldest remaining Western-style blast furnace in Japan.