Memorial Hall Spots in Morioka City / Shizukuishi Town / Koiwai Area

  • Hara-Kei Memorial Museum
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
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    Iwate Morioka-shi Motomiya 4-38-25
    A memorial museum located a five-minute taxi ride from Morioka Station. The museum is dedicated to Hara Takashi, Japan's first commoner prime minister, and the museum adjoins Hara's birth home. The museum contains rare items connected to Japanese politics and also displays things which belonged to Hara like the clothes he was wearing when he was assassinated as well as the famous Hara Diary. His birth home was built in 1850; Hara lived here until the age of 15. Designated a Cultural Property and Preservation building by the city, the home is made open to the general public for limited periods each year.

    平民宰相として民衆の支持を集めた、原敬の記念館です。遭難時の服や遺品等も展示されていて、想像以上に本格的なものでした。

  • Morioka Memorial Museum of Great Predecessors
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
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    Iwate Pref. Moriokashi Motomiya Hebiyashiki 2-2
    A memorial museum located a 10-minute taxi ride from Morioka Station. Here visitors can learn about the achievements of people connected to Morioka from the Meiji period onward. The museum was established in 1987 to commemorate the city's 100th anniversary. Exhibits include Inazo Nitobe's beloved furnishings; a sugoroku board game said to have been made by Nitobe's own hands; and a 5,000 yen bill featuring a portrait of the author, the printing of which ended in 2007. The museum presents 130 people, including memorial rooms dedicated to Mitsumasa Yonai and Kyosuke Kindaichi.

    地域の偉人に関しての博物館です。金田一京助、米内光政、新渡戸稲造に関しては、一階に各々に特化した部屋があります。2階はたくさんの偉人が紹介されていて、郷土愛を感じる施設でした。

  • Ishikawa Takuboku Memorial Museum
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
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    Iwate Prefecture Morioka City Shibuya Shibuya 9
    This memorial museum that opened in 1970 is located in the Shibutami area of Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture. You can see documents and relics related to Ishikawa Takuboku, photo panels and images. In addition, the Morioka City-designated cultural property Former Saito Family Residence and the Former Shibutami Jinjo Elementary School have been relocated to the premises, and they can also be toured.

    旧・奥州街道をランニングで旅した際に立ち寄りました。石川啄木が学び、その後教鞭もとった小学校の旧校舎が保存されています。

  • Kodo Nomura Araebisu Memorial Hall
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
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    Iwate Shiwa-gun Shiwacho Hikobe Kuretsubo 193-1
    Located about a 15-minute drive from the Tohoku Expressway’s Shiwa Interchange, this memorial hall comprehensively exhibits the life of Kodo Nomura, known as the author of Zenigata Heiji Torimono-Hikae. In the exhibition room, you can enjoy Kodo's favorite items and materials related to the Nomura Gakugei Foundation, as well as Kodo's works that have been visualized with the latest video and audio equipment. Kodo is also known as the classical music critic Araebisu, and it also holds live concerts and concerts of his SP record collections.

    あの「銭型平次」の作者であり、クラッシク音楽を日本に普及した人物としても有名です。私が大学生の頃、東京の「高田馬場」に「あらえびす」というクラッシク喫茶があって、よく通っていました。女主人(店のオーナー)は、野村胡堂氏の親族の方です。ですから、野村胡堂氏のクラッシクレコードのコレクションを聴くことができる贅沢なひと時でした。 余談をひとつ。電機メーカーの「SONY」が創業したてのころ、社長の「井深...

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A northern Tohoku prefecture promising peace and quiet, Iwate is sparsely populated, replacing people with snow-capped mountains, history-rich sites, and fields of crops that are to thank for the region’s delicious local cuisine. Meander along the three-city Golden Route, where you’ll visit the grand Buddhist temples of Hiraizumi and the Tono folk villages before tasting the three famed noodle dishes of Morioka.

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