IwateShrines & TemplesOshu
Komagata Jinja
The first shrine of Rikuchu Province. It grew from mountain worship of Mount Komagatake and is tied to the faith of horse country.
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Kokusekiji
It was known for the Somin Festival at the lunar new year, a wild all-night contest between naked men that ended after 2024.
IwateCulture & HistoryOshu
Esashi Fujiwara
A site with reconstructed Heian architecture, where the world of the Northern Fujiwara can be walked through.
IwateArchitectureOshu
Nambu Ironware
Iron is poured into sand moulds. The water is said to taste sweeter for it, and the ware now sells well abroad.
IwateArchitectureOshu
Historic Park Esashi Fujiwara
Full-scale reconstructions of Heian palaces, used repeatedly as a period-drama film set.
IwateArchitectureOshu
Takano Choei Memorial Museum
Manuscripts of a Dutch-studies scholar, showing how Western knowledge was copied under seclusion.
IwateNature & SceneryOshu
Mizusawa Keibajo
A regional racecourse in Oshu. An old-style track with Mount Hayachine and Mount Kurikoma behind it.
Oshu
Maesawa Beef Nigiri at Sukihachi Sushi
A sushi restaurant in Oshu, held to be the first to serve Maesawa beef as nigiri.
Oshu
Michinoku Koto Country Club
A golf course in Oshu, its undulations taken straight from the land.
Oshu
Iwate Esashi-gyu
Wagyu from Esashi in Oshu, raised on rice straw and hay from the Kitakami river basin.