Hiraizumi is located in Niishiwai, Iwate prefecture. It used to be the home of the Hiraizumi Fujiwaras for about 100 years in the late Heian period and for most of the following Kamakura period.

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Hachimantai city was founded on September 1, 2005 from the merger of the towns Ashiro and Nishine and the village of Matsuo.

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Genbikei Gorge is located in Genbi-cho, Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture.

The flow of the Iwai river, which flows out of Mt. Kurikoma, has created a lot of abysses and pit holes.

The cliffs are composed of dasite tuff, from the eruption of Mt. Sugawa, are constantly eroded by the torrent of water.

There is a hut across in the gorge area where you can taste “kakko-dango” (rice dumpling), which is sent over from the opposite side of the bank in a basket hung on cables.

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Chusonji （中尊寺）is a Buddhist temple in Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture.
It is famous for Konjikido  (金色堂) or Golden Hall is a mausoleum containing the mummified remains of the leaders of the Northern Fujiware clan who ruled much of northern Japan in the 12th century. It is one of two buildings that survive from the original Chuson-ji temple complex, the other being a sutra repository.

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