Doshin Yashiki (Samurai Residence)

This historic building is located approximately a 15-minute drive from Hanamaki Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway. The building was constructed in the Edo period, and later relocated and reconstructed when Doshin Hanamaki came to live here. It is situated right next to the Miyazawa Kenji Poetry Tablet. As a samurai residence in the form of a curved house from the Hansei period, it has been designated as a municipally designated Cultural Property. Visitors can tour the exterior of the house for free from April to November. And from May to October, on weekends, national holidays and during the summer holidays, tea is served on the porch of the Doshin residence.