Sights in Hiraizumi, Iwate

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• Daimonji Campsite

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-5564

  A quiet campground surrounded by nature. Weather permitting, you can view the stars in the sky at night.

• Restaurant Gen

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-2011

  Restaurant Gen is located in front of Chusonji Temple and Tsukimizaka.

• Hiraizumi Rest House

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-2011

  A resting place in front of the gate of Chusonji Temple in Hiraizumi.

• Lala Iwate Hiraizumi Shop

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-48-3637

  Located in front of Tsukimizaka, this is a shop selling local products that you can easily stop by.

• Benkei Chikaramochi (Local Sweet)

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate

  This is the signature sweet from Yoshinoya, a long-established confectionery shop in Hiraizumi town that has been in business since 1919.

• Iwate Prefectural Hiraizumi World Heritage Guidance Center

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-34-7377

  Iwate Prefectural Hiraizumi World Heritage Guidance Center

• Hiraizumi Dagashi (Old-Style Sweets)

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-2458

  These are old-fashioned handmade sweets made using local bean flour from Hiraizumi.

• Hiraizumi [World Heritage Site]

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 019-629-6488

  , are the first cultural heritage sites in Tohoku to be registered as World Heritage sites.

• Motsuji Pure Land Garden [World Heritage Site]

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-2331

  Motsuji Pure Land Garden [World Heritage Site]

• Hiraizumi Cultural History Museum

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-2011

  This is a museum located at the main entrance of Chusonji Temple that introduces the glory of Hiraizumi, the golden Buddhist capital, and Hiraizumi during the Date period.

• Yanagi no Gosho ruins

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-34-1001

  The Yanaginogosho ruins, which are said to have been built by the first generation Kiyohira and redeveloped by the third generation Hidehira, are highly likely to correspond to Heisenkan (government office).

• Chusonji Temple [World Heritage Site]

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-2211

  This is the main temple of the Tendai sect of Buddhism in the Tohoku region.

• Hakusan Shrine

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-4397

  There is an outdoor Noh stage that is designated as a nationally designated important cultural property.

• Takkoku no Iwaya Bishamon-do Hall

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-4931

  Even before Kiyohira settled in Hiraizumi, several temples had already been built in and around Hiraizumi.

• Kanjizaio-in Temple Ruins [World Heritage Site]

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-4012

  Kanjizaio-in Temple Ruins [World Heritage Site]

• Takadate Gikeido

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-3300

  Takadachi is a hill located to the east of Chuson-ji Temple, and is also called Hangandate.

• Motsuji Temple [World Heritage Site]

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-2331

  Motsu-ji Temple, a separate head temple of the Tendai sect, is called Iiozan (Mt.

• Muryokoin Ruins [World Heritage Site]

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-4012

  Muryoko-in Temple, built by the third generation Hidehira, is modeled after the Phoenix Hall at Uji Byodo-in Temple.

• Jogyodo Hall

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-2331

  This hall was rebuilt in 1732 by Date Yoshimura, the feudal lord of Sendai.

• Basho Haiku Monument

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-2331

  Basho, who visited this place in May of the second year of Genroku (1689), composed the following poem in memory of the unfortunate Lord and Servant Yoshitsune.

• Saigyo Sakura Forest

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-5564

  This is a famous spot for cherry blossoms that was once written about in a poem by Saigyo, saying, "The cherry blossoms of Mt.

• Kinkeisan [World Heritage Site]

  

  Hiraizumi, Iwate · 0191-46-4012

  Mount Kinkeisan is an elegant cone-shaped mountain. According to legend, Hidehira built the mountain in a single night by having laborers carry stones as far as the Kitakami River, and buried a pair of golden chickens.