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Osaki Koudo exhibits a coexistence of people and the harsh naturalenvironment of the land based on the wisdom and hard-working
efforts of those who came before.
TThe region’s ingenious water management system, abundant crops,
traditional farming culture, harmonious coexistence with living
creatures, and distinctive landscape which have all been inherited
through the years, and the interrelationship of these elements are
precisely what make up the wonders of Osaki Koudo.
Osaki Wonder Museum showcases these wonders that embody the
relationship between man and nature as a vast field museum.

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Features of the Water Management System........................................ P3

City hallTown hall
Elementary school

Area Maps

Junior high school

Naruko Onsen.............................................................................. P4

Iwadeyama.................................................................................... P6

Police box

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Osaki Koudo has been recognized in 2017 by the United Nations Foodand Agriculture Organization (FAO) as a Globally Important Agricultural
Heritage System under the name of “Osaki Koudo’s Traditional Water
Management System for Sustainable Paddy Agriculture.” It is a living
heritage that merits being handed down to the future.

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please refer to the following (legend).............................................................................................. P10

High School

Shinto shrine
Expressway

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Prefectural road

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Open roadKami.............................................................................................. P18

National highway

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and Local Resources

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Paddy agriculture has been made possible byintake weirs and tunnels for securing irrigationwater, flood control basins, and technologies
against cold temperature damage, among
others. This category includes local resourcesthat are representative of Osaki Koudo’ s water
management system, wisdom, and ideas.

“Osaki Koudo’s Traditional Water Management System for Sustainable
Paddy Agriculture,” which has been designated a Globally Important
Agricultural Heritage System, has kept alive the rice-centered paddy
agriculture in this fertile land referred to as Osaki Koudo, owing to much
effort. Amid challenging natural environmental conditions that bringfrequent floods, droughts and cold temperature damage caused by thecold and moist wind called yamase that is unique to the region, people
have taken various measures to secure agricultural water and ensuredrainage, drawing on their wisdom and ingenuity to ingeniously
manage water in all aspects of their farming and rural life. This
ingenious water management system, which has been globally
recognized, is introduced below in detail according to theircharacteristics in each area.

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The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System of Osaki
Koudo comprises the five criteria specified by the United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In this Field Museum
Map, local resources in each area are categorized according tothese criteria and introduced in detail to create a comprehensive
picture of what Osaki Koudo is all about.

Features of the Water
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Features of water management

Mt.Kagobou See p. 11 4 for details.

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Eai RiverBasin

The above icons are also used in the Osaki Koudo website, on local information boards, and other public resources.

Information boards and panels are
installed in major locations where
local resources of Osaki Koudo arefound. You can view a video about
the area simply by scanning the QR
code printed on them.

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LandscapeWoodlands planted around houses, calledigune, protect farmers’ homes from winternorthwesterly winds and floods. These igune,
together with paddy fields and water channels,
create a tapestry that forms the distinctive
landscape of Osaki Koudo. Representative
examples of this landscape and other such
local resources are included in this category.

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Biodiversity

The paddy fields and land surrounding thefields are home to diverse living creatures,
including various fish species, frogs, spiders,and herons. From autumn to winter, greater
white-fronted geese, designated a Natural
Monument, winter in Osaki Koudo. Representative living creatures and other such local
resources are included in this category.

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Traditionalfarming culture

Farming rituals and folk performing arts thatare performed in prayer or in appreciation of abountiful harvest have always been an integral
part of farmers’ lifestyles, and a rich foodculture has taken shape that includes mochi
and fermented foods such as sake, miso andsoy sauce. Local resources representing the
traditional farming culture of Osaki Koudo areincluded in this category.

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Sustainable
farming and foods

Sasanishiki and Hitomebore rice varieties havebeen developed in this region and support the
local agricultural industry that is primarily
centered on rice farming. A diversity of crops,
including beans and traditional vegetables, isalso produced and supplied from Osaki Koudo.
Local resources representative of these crops
are included in this category① Irrigation water is secured and warmed through warming
channels in a mountainous area (Naruko Onsen)② Water is managed through a network of naturally flowing
water channels in a gently sloping area (Iwadeyama,
Furukawa)

Water is taken from the rivers and allowed to flow naturally down to supply water to the area. As the amount ofirrigation water must be adjusted throughout the area in times of drought, the bansui system of controlling water
distribution on a rotating schedule is continued today by mutual agreement of all local parties concerned.

③Tunnels are used to both secure and drain water in awetland area (Tajiri)

Swamps scattered throughout this low-lying area blocked by hills made water drainage difficult. Tunnels were
therefore excavated to drain the swamps and reclaim them as paddy fields. As more paddy fields were reclaimed,
irrigation water was secured by passing a tunnel through to an upstream swamp.

⑥Water is managed by using paddy fields as flood control
basins in a low-lying flatland area (Tajiri, Kashimadai,
Wakuya, Misato)

The terrain in the lower reaches of Eai River and Naruse River has an extremely gentle gradient of around 1/2500.
As such, the area is prone to large-scale floods following typhoons and local heavy rainfalls. To mitigate flood
damage to local villages, river water is temporarily drawn and stored in the paddy fields at times of large-scale
floods, as rice farming can tolerate inundation to a relatively large degree.

④Water is managed using weirs, reservoirs and a water
recycling system in an alluvial fan area (Shikama, Kami)

Naruse River
Basin

Wisdom incorporated in the system
The terrain is surrounded by mountains, making it difficult to take water from the rivers. Thus, irrigation water issecured by drawing water through a tunnel excavated in the mountain. Additionally, because water taken fromthe river is cold, it is diverted through a warming channel, pond or paddy to warm it to a moderate temperature
before it reaches the paddy fields.

⑤Water is managed using a network of tunnels to distributewater to the fields and reservoirs in a hilly area (Sanbongi,
Matsuyama)

Water is taken via weirs installed along rivers, tunnels, and reservoirs in this area. A water recycling channel is also
installed to dam the drainage channel and re-use drainage water.
TReservoirs provide an important source of water, but the water catchment area here had been small, so water
needed to be supplemented when there was not enough water in the reservoirs. To solve this problem, a water
channel roughly 33km long was created along the slope of a hill to direct water to the reservoirs. The water
channel and the reservoirs fed by this water channel are both still used today as important sources of watersupply.

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Rice Farming and the Toji Hot-spring
Healing Culture in the Mountains
In this mountainous area Yatsumori
where securing irrigation water posed a challenge, people
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exercised originality and ingenuity
in installing water channels to secure and draw water into
the paddy fields after diverting it through a lukewarm
water
Pass channel to warm it. Naruko
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Spring andHotquality,
Arawa Jigoku
Onsenkyo Village boasts an ample supply of hot water of excellent
springinherits
Kuromoria farming culture representative of the Tohoku region, along with traditional
crafts such as
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the Naruko kokeshi wooden dolls and Naruko lacquerware.
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Fukiage Hot Spring

The mountainous Minamihara area posed a challenge insecuring irrigation water for rice farming, because water
could not be taken from the rivers. To solve this issue, Yuza
Heizaemon
Noritsugu, the village headman during the Edo
Mt. Myoken
Period (1603-1868),
hand-dug an irrigation channel over a
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distance of 1,880 meters along the steep slopes of themountains in the Shoho Years (1644-1647). The channel has
Roadside Station Rotari-hanayama
been managed by local people through the generations
and still contributes to supplying precious water for
agricultural and household use in the mountainous area.

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Toji Hot-spring Healing Culture
The hot-spring healing culture of toji developed from local people’s
custom of enjoying an extended stay at Naruko Onsenkyo Village after
harvesting rice to recover from thefatigue of working the fields in a harshnatural environment. The unique cultureof allowing the blessings of nature in theform of a hot spring to heal the mind andbody is attracting widespread attention
from foreign tourists.

Kurihara City

Kanketsusen Geyser
Kamiosawa Dam

Yukimusubi is a variety of cold weather-resistant rice producedby the Naruko Rice Project, which was launched to protect
agriculture in the mountainous areathat is struggling with depopulation.
By promoting visible exchanges withurban consumers, the project hasrealizedaschemeofcommunity-supported
agriculture(CSA) in which farmers and consumers
mutually support each other.
Location 77-84 Hoshinuma,Naruko Onsen, Osaki City
(sales outlet Musubiya)

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Katayama Jigoku Hot Spring

Miyazawa Hot Springamuro Plateau

Yukimusubi Mountain-grown Rice

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Onikobe Kagura Dance and Music

Cold water drawn from the mountains would adversely
affect the growth of rice plants if it is fed directly into the
paddy fields, so it is diverted through a warming channel towarm it to a moderate temperature before it reaches the
paddy fields. This is a farmers’ invention unique to themountainous area of Naruko. In addition to warming
channels, ponds and paddies are also used to divert andwarm water.

The date of origin of Onikobe Kagura is not known, but it was
performed when samurai warriors from the Saikyo andKanto regions visited the Ou region, and was said to be
introduced to the Onikobe district by way of Iwate Prefecture
and Kurihara City in Miyagi Prefecture. Today, it is performedat festivals held at Araogawa Jinja Shrine and other suchoccasions, and has been designated an Intangible Folk
Cultural Property of Osaki City

Location 29 Minamihara, Naruko Onsen, Osaki City

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In 2004, Naruko was designated a Doburoku Special District
within the Naruko Onsenkyo Special District for Tourism, andthe unrefined sake called doburoku, which people used tomake at home in ancient times, is now served at farmers’
restaurants as a revival of Naruko Onsen hospitality.
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Kuromori

Fermented Food Culture

Naruko Dam was built to serve a number of purposes,
namely for flood control of Eai River, hydroelectric power
Odomori and supply of irrigation water. It is the first large
generation,
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arch dam in Japan built solely by the Japanese, and has
been selected as a JSCE Civil Engineering Heritage Site. The
sights of water being released from the dam during Golden
Week and the dam surrounded by autumnal leaves during
the fall foliage season are breathtaking.

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Minamihara Fireﬂy Village
The lush rural landscape that spreads across themountainous area near Minamihara Anazeki Channel ishome to swarms of fireflies that only live in clear waters. The
Minamihara Reservoir, in particular, fosters a symbiosis ofGenjibotaru, Heikebotaru, and Himebotaru fireflies which
are rarely seen even within Japan.
Best season: Late June to late July

Gandosawa Dam supplies ample agricultural water to thepaddy
fields of Osaki Koudo. The vast reservoir of the dam
Iwadeyamasuddenly
ikezukipops into view when emerging from a tunnel as asight Stationthat can be seen nowhere else. The surface of the
Ikezukireservoir is a mystic canvas of the four seasons, reflecting
the fresh green colors of new leaves in spring, the blue sky
in summer, and the autumnal leaves in autumn.
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Location 189 Minamihara, Naruko Onsen, Osaki City

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Mototashiro Plateau

Kami Town

Iwadeyama-minamisawa

Tashiro Plateau

Onikobena greens are a traditional vegetable that acquires
a unique pungency only when grown in the soil andenvironment of Onikobe. By pickling it in salt, it can beeaten whole, including its stems, leaves, and roots, and has
long garnished meals as a non-perishable food during theharsh winters until springtime. It has become a rarevegetable that is cultivated by only a few farmers today.

Iwadeyama
Location 43-1Hara, Onikobe, Naruko Onsen, Osaki CityUdo Swamp

Mt. Minowa

Onikobena Greens

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Bogake Rice Drying
Bogake is a traditional method of drying harvested rice byhooking bundles of rice stalks cylindrically around a
vertical pole and exposing them to strong northwesterly
winds and the sun. Drying rice stalks slowly in this way has
the advantage of yielding quality rice with few cracked
grains. It can be seen commonly in the low upland area of
Naruko during rice harvesting season.

Location Around Omoridaira, Onikobe, Naruko Onsen, Osaki City

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Uchikawa River and Fermented Food
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Iwadeyama is where Date Masamune took up residence during his youth, and which later
developed as a castle town. Many monuments and historic sites remain from the Edo Period(1603-1868), including “Former YubikanIchihasama
and Its Garden,” a nationally designated Historic Site
and Place of Scenic Beauty, and Uchikawa River, which is registered as a World Heritage457 food culture and the freeze-drying food
Irrigation Structure (WHIS). The Odomori
fermented
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preservation culture have also been passed down through the generations
to thisday.
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As a former castle town, Iwadeyama has inherited andpassed down the fermented food culture that continues torepresent Osaki Koudo today. Three of the four
manufacturers in the Osaki region that make koji, the rice
malt indispensable to brewing sake, miso and soy sauce,
are located in Iwadeyama.

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Uchikawa River was artificially made by Date Masamune more than 400 years ago to secure
agricultural water and to protect the castle as a moat. It was named Uchikawa, literally meaning“inner river,” because it flowed on the inner side of a wall named Ichinoko. The river was registered asa World Heritage Irrigation Structure in 2016

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Iwadeyama Okura Schoolof Noh Songs
The founder of the Yumura Clan who became head of the
Okura School of Noh songs enjoyed favorable treatment by
the Date Clan upon returning to Iwadeyama after studying
and mastering the art in Kyoto. Inherited by the local
people of Iwadeyama, the Iwadeyama Okura School of Nohsongs continue to be preserved today by devotees, and has
been designated an Intangible Folk Cultural Property ofOsaki City.

Ozeki Toshuko Weir has its beginnings as a wooden sluicegate built by Date Masamune to divert water from Eai River
as a flood control measure and for securing irrigation water.
The diverted water flows through the center of Iwadeyamaas Uchikawa River. Today, Ozeki Toshuko Weir is an
important irrigation facility that supplies water to an area
spreading over 3,300 hectares of land.

Iwadeyama frozen tofu

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Yubikan was a school founded by the Iwadeyama Date Clanin the Edo Period (1603-1868). The main building was likely
built in as early as 1677 as a retreat for Munetoshi, thesecond head of the Date Clan. Yubikan has been
designated a national Historic Site and Place of Scenic
Beauty in 1933.

Naruko Hot Spring

Mt. Ogurogasaki

Fermented Food Culture

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The name Futatsuishi, literally meaning “two rocks,” comesfrom the two large rocks that were lodged near the water
intake. Records indicate that the weir existed since the Edo
Period (1603-1868), and is today operated as a facility that
feeds irrigation water to an area of 600 hectares in the
middle basin of Osaki Koudo. Part of the rock that gave theweir its name is preserved onsite.

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Living Creatures in the Paddy
Field Environment
A vast 30,000 hectares of paddy fields spread across Osaki
Koudo and provide a habitat for a diversity of living
creatures living in symbiosis with agricultural activities.
River-fed water channels in Iwadeyama are home to
dragonflies and cherry salmon that favor clean water, andmaintain an environment suited to water buttercups.

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Former Shimonome Village, traversed by former Kitauzen
Kaido Road, is an area where the traditional rural landscapehas been well conserved. In fact, the names of 29
residences recorded in Anei Fudoki, a topographicaldescription of the Sendai Domain compiled in the Edo
Period (1603-1868), still exist to this day. Particularly
impressive is the igune homestead woodland around the
Okigawara residence of the Chiba Family, befitting its status
as a family of village officials during the Edo Period.

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Iwadeyama Freeze-dried Tofu

Yubikan Station

Old Yubikan and Garden
View of the city from Iwadeyama Castle Ruins

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down to this day through repeated improvements to its
production method to better match the climate andculture of Iwadeyama.
In 2018, it was registered under the Geographical
Kejo Swamp
Indication(GI) system which aims to protect local foods
that are products of the culture and tradition of theirplaces of origin.

Location 4-1 Shimomiyamichishita, Iwadeyama Iketsuki,

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Townscape Seen from
Iwadeyamajo Castle Ruins
In 1591, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi administered the Oshu
Saishioki Punishment to powerful warriors in Oshu for thesecond time, Date Masamune relocated his castle fromYonezawa to Iwadesawa, which he renamed as Iwadeyama.
The site where the castle had stood commands a
panoramic view of the erstwhile castle town of Iwadeyama
and Uchikawa River, and is now a place of respite as a park.

Location 42-2 Shiroyama, Iwadeyama, Osaki City

Furukawa-kawakuma

Furukawa-nagaoka

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“Birthplace of Sasanishiki
and Hitomebore Rice
Furukawa occupies the central area of Osaki Koudo. It is not only a center of agriculture but
also home to numerous manufacturing companies. The people of Furukawa have engaged inrice farming since the Yayoi Period (ca. 300 BC-300), and the area has become a major granary
today. It leads Japan in the development of new rice varieties and drives Japan’s rice culture.
Kejonuma Pond, registered as a Ramsar Convention wetland, is within easy reach and an ideal
venue for viewing migratory birds.

Furukawa

Sanchome Toshuko Weir

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It is said that the name Gotoe comes from Goto Magobe
Nobuyasu, who resided in Miyazawajo Castle during theKeicho Years (1596-1615).
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Furukawa-ameozawashaMochi tops the list of foods that are considered a “gochiso”(pronounced “gottso” in the local dialect), or a feast, in Osaki
Koudo. There are as many as 46 different ways to enjoy
eating mochi. Among them, ebi-mochi (mochi served withfreshwater shrimp) and fusube-mochi (mochi served withloach) are particularly unique to this region. The mochi is an
important source of protein to farmers and a by-product of
the ingenious water management system that embodies
the blessings of the paddy fields.
〇Local Shops
Mochibe, Aonuma Mochiten

Sanchome Toshuko Weir has its roots in the Sanchome Damthat was built in the middle basin of Eai River, and is ahistoric weir mentioned in the Anei Fudoki, a topographicaldescription of the Sendai Domain compiled in the Edo
Period (1603-1868). Today, it is a central irrigation facility inthe Eai River Basin, supplying water to roughly 4,000
hectares of paddy fields. The irrigation water can beobserved flowing from Eai River to Gotoe Water Channel.
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There are a number of long-established sake dealers inFurukawa. The Matsumoto Family in Matsuyama, Osaki
commenced its business (known as Ichinokura today) in
1755. The Tanaka Family in Nakaniida, Kami commenced its
business (known as Tanaka Shuzoten today) in 1789, andthe Sasaki Family in Furukawa, Osaki (known as Hachihei
Shuzoten today), in 1790.
〇Local Shops
Yoneki Honten, Chubachi Misoshoyuten, Kanbai Shuzo,
Asakan Shuzoten, Hashihei Shuzoten

Sanchome Kodera, Furukawa Shimizu, Osaki City
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Location 194 Shinko, Furukawa Osaki, Osaki City

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Furukawa Farmersʼ Market
Suzuki Izumi Motonobu, who was placed in charge of
Furukawajo Castle by Date Masamune, launched a market tobring economic stability to Furukawa’s war-weary citizens.
The market has continued for some 400 years since the endof the Warring States Period (1467-1615), and has passed its
baton to Road Station Osaki, which opened in 2019. The
market is held from April to July, on days ending with 3 or 7.

The middle basin of Osaki Koudo tends to run short of thenecessary amount of water needed to farm the entire
paddy field area. Therefore, the traditional water
management method called bansui is still employed today,
in which farmers take turns drawing water into their
paddies by inserting a weir board in the irrigation channel
to raise the water level.

Chojahara Service Area

Kejo Swamp

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Ramsar Convention Wetland of“Kejonuma Pond”

Kejonuma is a naturally made pond surrounded by hills in
the plains of Furukawa. It was named Kejo, which literallymeans “a woman who transforms,” after a daughter of a
wealthy man who used to apply makeup using water fromthe pond. Today, it has been developed as a facility forcontrolling floods and securing agricultural water, and isannexed to the Kejonuma Dam Tourism Museum thatprovides information about the dam.

Tajiri-komatsu

Furukawa-obayashi

Location 2-2 Tosawa, Furukawa Kono, Osaki City

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Inquiry

Kejonuma Pond was registered as a Ramsar Convention wetland in October 2008.
It is an important wintering place for waterfowl including bean geese, greater white-fronted geese,and Canada geese. As many as 20,000 such birds gather at the most during the best viewing seasonfrom November to January. The area also blooms with flowers of the four seasons, such as irises andday lilies.
Location Around Tosawa, Furukawa Kono, Osaki City

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and Forestry Promotion Division 0229-23-7090

Igune Woodlandsin the Sawada District
The Sawada District, in close proximity to the central area of
Osaki Koudo, retains beautiful landscapes of igune
homestead woodlands. In the screening for designation asa Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System by theUnited Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),
this area was rated highly for the role of the igune inprotecting farmers’ homes from the northwesterly winds ofwinter and for the distinctive landscape they create.
Location Around Furukawa Sawada, Osaki City

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Furukawa Grocery Market
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Sasanishiki used to be called the mightiest rice in the east.
However, when record cold weather in 1993 brought
severe damage to Furukawa, many farmers gave up
farming in rapid succession. To keep local agriculture alive,
Furukawa Agricultural Experiment Station developed
Sasamusubi as an improved variety of Sasanishiki andsucceeded in promoting the light-tasting rice as abrand-name rice of Osaki.

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Furukawa Agricultural Experiment Station is a branch of
Miyagi Prefectural Agricultural Experiment Station. Since
its establishment in Furukawa Suwa, Osaki in 1921, it haspresented society with brand-name varieties of riceproduced in Miyagi, including Sasanishiki, Hitomebore
and Sasamusubi. Its history of rice development isintroduced via information panels exhibited in the facility.

Location 88 Fukoku, Furukawa Osaki, Osaki City
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Naganuma Swamp

Location Takashimizu Kayakari, Kurihara City

Yawata Tunnel

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Minamikatamachi
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Sakurada Residence is an old folk house built some 250
years ago. Judging from the architectural structure of the
kitchen and drawing room in the annex building, it ispresumed to have been the residence of a retainer of the
Wakuya Date Clan. It is unique in that an anteroom andsmall room is attached to the main drawing room. There isalso a six-kilometer walking path to and from Sakurada
Residence and the summit of Mount Kagobo.

The summit of Mount Kagobo, at an altitude of 224 meters,commands an extensive view of the paddy fields of Osaki
Koudo and igune homestead woodlands that are scatteredthroughout the area. On a clear sunny day, the vast areafrom Sendai City to Ishinomaki City can be enjoyed in
360-degree panorama. The area near the summit is said tobe the former site of Kagoyama Kokka Anrakuji Temple,
built by Emperor Tenmu.

Location 4 Sakurada, Tajiri Onuki, Osaki City

Location 178-1 Kagomineyama, Tajiri Osawa, Osaki City

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Igune Woodlands in the Nakanome
District
Along the Tajiri River, which has enriched the Tajiri area You
can see the unique rural scenery of this area.
Environmentally friendly agriculture and consumer
exchange are thriving. In “Igune”, there are many red
dragonflies, such as nutcrackers, that grow in the rice fields.

Tajiri Honamikosha 0229-38-1021

Sakurada Residence
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A view of the countrysidefrom Mount Kagobo

Park Golf Course

Furukawa-kamizone

Location Around Onuma, Tajiri Kabukuri, Osaki CityIn Tajiri, rice paddies are filled with water even during thewinter in a practice called fuyumizutanbo. This provides aroosting place for greater white-fronted geese and otherwaterfowl, protects the local ecosystem that embraces adiversity of living creatures such as aquatic worms andfrogs, and thereby helps to produce good-quality rice
without using pesticides or chemical fertilizers.

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Tajiri Station

Old Hasama River

Tajiri-onuki

Sakurada mansion
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November 2005. The site’s most salient attraction is the large flock of greater white-fronted geesethat winter here from October to January. They rest in the pond during the night and spend thedaytime feeding on fallen rice husks and grass in the paddies after harvest. More than 100,000 geeseat the most take flight all at once in the early morning and fly back to roost in the evening.

Tajiri-kabukuri

Osaki Hachiman ShrineTajiri-omineKainobori Tunnel
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Square channels measuring 24 centimeters on each side,
called hassundo, were built in drainage channels where theupstream and downstream flows meet, to restrict the amountof water that flows downstream when a flood occurs. Thesechannels embrace the wisdom of the local people who
Yoneyamachoattempted to devise a region-wide flood management system
nakatsuyama
that would mitigate the concentration of flood damage
downstream by allowing water to also inundate the upstream
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Location Kainohori, Tajiri Numabe, Osaki City

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Kainohori Tunnel comprises two lower
holes and one upper hole. The lower holes
provide drainage to Kainohori Swamp, andMinamikatamachi the upper hole is used for both irrigationand drainage. Development of the
130-hectare Kainohori Swamp was a majorachievement, commemorated by theconstruction of a monument of virtue andSaga Jinja Shrine in Kaihori by the hands ofvolunteers.

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Osaki Board of Education,
Cultural Property Division 0229-72-5036

Osaki Hachiman Jinja Shrine is an old shrine with a historyof a thousand years, and the main branch of all other Osaki
Hachiman shrines. The Osaki Hachimangu Shrine in Sendai
City is said to have been transferred to Sendai by Date
Masamune when he founded Sendai. Recent
archaeological surveys suggest that the precincts of theshrine had been the site of the fortified settlement of
Nittasaku created in 737 under the government of the
Yamato Imperial Court based on the Ritsuryo code.

Yawata Tunnel is an irrigation and drainage tunnel that was
dug from 1688 to 1743, to supply irrigation water that was
deprived by the reclamation of Yawatanuma Pond. It
connects the many ponds in the area, large and small, andis an important water management facility for thedevelopment of new paddy fields in Tajiri, along with
Kainohori Tunnel.

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Shunto School of Noh SongsThe Shunto school of Noh songs was inherited by Noh
performers of the Sendai Clan, and it thereafter took root asa tradition in Onuki Nitanome, a village governed by the
Wakuya Date Clan. Today, the organization Hachinokikai is
the sole inheritor of the Shunto school of Noh songs,
designated an Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Osaki
City.

Kayakari Tunnel is a 1,121-meter drainage tunnel that was
dug manually from 1684 to 1690, to convert a large pond
called Osaki Pond into paddy fields. It comprised the core of
the paddy development project that spread from
Kejonuma Pond to Kabukurinuma Pond. The tunnel is still
today connected to Kayakari River, providing drainage tothe grain production area.

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Tajiri is an area filled with the wisdom and dreams of the ancestors of the local population.
During the Nara Period (710-784), it was assumed to be home to a fortified settlement calledOota
josaku, but in the Edo Period (1603-1868), it transformed
into a major granary by developing
swamps into paddy fields and digging water-channel tunnels. The Ramsar Convention
wetland of “Kabukurinuma and Surrounding Rice Paddies” is a world-famous wintering
stopover for greater white-fronted geese.

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Arakawazeki Irrigation Channel Flowing
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Furukawa-yonekura
and reservoirs to create paddy fields.
The area is easy to reach either by National Route 4, Tohoku
Furukawa-honami
Kitainaba
Shinkansen, or Tohoku Expressway. Himawari
no Oka (Sunflower Hill)
attracts crowds of visitors
when it blooms with field mustards in spring and sunflowers in summer
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Location 63-24 Mamezaka, Sanbongi, Osaki City

Location Magusaba, Sanbongi Otonashi, Osaki City

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Sanbongi-koori
Sanbongi-akita

Matsuyama-shimoibano

A view of thecountryside from
Tateyama Park

Sanbongi Tunnel 1

Forest of Otonashi-Yudenzan Gongen
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Rural Landscape Seenfrom Tateyama Park

Sanbongitaro
CourseKamiibanois a traditional type of taro born from the terroir of Osaki Koudo and a pride of thearea. Only those cultivated in the soil and environment of the Kamiibano district of Sanbongi, Osaki
have the distinct stickiness of Kamiibano taro. Due to their limited yield, they sell out soon after they
are harvested in autumn.

Tateyama Park is the former site of a castle where a retainerof the Osaki Clan called Shibuya Sagaminokami resided. It
blooms with some 300 cherry trees in spring, and is one of
the most famous cherry blossom spots in the northern partof the prefecture. The expansive view of the clear water of
Naruse River below, the Ousanmyaku Mountain Range tothe west, and Osaki Koudo to the north can only be
experienced from this park.

Location 8 Tateshita, Sanbongi Kamiibano, Osaki City (location of a signboard)

Location 32 Nishizawa, Sanbongi, Osaki City

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Igune Woodlandsin the Shimoshuku District
Igune homestead woodlands that are shown in the
Drawing of Arakawazeki can still be seen in the
Shimoshuku district today. Here, a ditch surrounds theperimeter of the igune, and a washing place called
kadoppa is commonly attached to the water channel thatdraws water into the grounds of the residence.

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Location Around Tsuboro, Sanbongi Niinuma, Osaki City

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Sanbongi-iga

Location Around 43 Maebayashiyama, Sanbongi Otonashi, Osaki City

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Gongen-no-Mori Woods
Otonashiyudonosan Gongen-no-mori Woods conserve thenatural environment and landscape of the local
socio-ecological system of nature and people calledsatoyama, as local objects of worship. They provide a habitat
for the northern goshawk, considered a symbol of satoyama
and satochi ecosystems, in addition to buzzards, dogtooth
violets and soft windflowers, and have been designated by
the Ministry of the Environment as a “Satochi-Satoyama area
which is significant from the perspective of biodiversity
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There are no records of when Ko-oriezeki was built, but it
appears to have already existed in the Kanei Years(1624-1645), as records of a comprehensive land survey
conducted in those years remain, indicating the area andyield of agricultural fields in each village. A new weir
(Ko-orie Toshuko Weir) has been built 300 meters
downstream to supply water to an area spreading over
1,300 hectares in the middle basin of Naruse River.

Sanbongi-kamiibano

Sanbongi Parking Area

Sanbongi-otonashi

Ko-oriezeki Weir

Sanbongi-ibano

Sanbongi-shinmachi

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Sanbongi is home to one Japanese sake brewery and one
miso and soy sauce brewery. The sake brewery was foundedin 1873. The poet Doi Bansui who wrote “Kojo no Tsuki”(Moon over the Ruined Castle) loved the brand of sake it
produced, and even read about it in one of his poems.

Takodakuguri Tunnel is the last of thetwelve tunnels along Arakawazeki
Irrigation Channel. It stretches 400 meters
below Shinseiki Koen (New Century Park)
adjacent to Sanbongi Park Golf Course.

Location Mamezaka, Sanbongi, Osaki City

Kamiibano taro

Sanbongi-ohashi Bridge

Roadside Station
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Sanbongi-takayanagi

Furukawa-nakazawa
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Furukawa-ishinomori

Furukawa-yonebukuro

Tohoku Exp

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Drawing of Arakawazeki
Dating from 1858, this drawing shows the majority offarmers’ homes surrounded by an igune homesteadwoodland, indicating that the igune had become populararound this time over a wide area of Osaki Koudo, owing to
the domain’s protection policy. It is on display at Sanbongi
Atankinenkan Museum next to Road Station Sanbongi.

geographically difficult, Arakawazeki Irrigation Channel
supplies water by taking water from a branch river of
Naruse River called Arakawa (now Hanagawa) and carrying
it 33 kilometers down the hillside through twelve tunnels. It
was made between 1646 and 1649, but the sophisticatedirrigation technology it provides in combination withreservoirs continues to play an important role today.

Furukawa-nishiarai
Furukawa-inaba

Domyo

Rikuzen-Yachi Station

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Tada River

Yumehana Ritual at Wakamiya
Hachiman Jinja Shrine
Yumehana Ritual is performed in prayer for sound healthand a rich harvest, and is a mystical ascetic practice in which
Shinto priests use bamboo leaves to slap boiling water onto
their body while chanting an incantation. Its origin is notknown, but it is said to have been revived by Jitsugen, the31st head priest of the shrine, during the Genroku Years(1688-1703). It is designated an Intangible Folk Cultural
Property of Miyagi Prefecture.

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A Historical Town Emanating the
Traditional Sake Brewing Culture1

During the Edo Period (1603-1868), Matsuyama prospered as a castle town governed by theTajiri-kitakogota
Moniwa Clan, which served the Date Clan as chief retainer and acted as the leading forcein
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the Sendai Clan’s development of new paddy fields. The local people achieved a great feat inworking the barren land Tooda
near Bridge
mainstream Naruse River that had mostly been fields andMatsuyama
swamps. The area retains the erstwhile
traditional culture and customs, and sake
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Location 52 Shinkurandobashi,
Matuyama Sengoku, Osaki City (location of a signboard)
StationKami-Wakuya

Location 428 Matsuyama, Matsuyama Sengoku, Osaki City

Sakurachoura

Lateral Levee and Suzunegoro
Drainage Pump Station

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Sunset from along the Naruse River
Side embankment
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TA white-walled building resembling a sake cellar
showcases an array of materials related to sake, such as tubs
and barrels used to make sake, the history of sake, and thetypes and characteristics of sake. A video corner provides ashowing of an animated film themed on the legend of the“Slaying of the Yamata no Orochi serpent dragon,”containing various trivia about sake.

Location Suzunegoro, Matsuyama Shimoibano, Osaki City

Location 242-1 Matsuyama, Matsuyama Sengoku, Osaki City

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Inquiry

Matsuyama-sumaya

Living Creaturesin the Paddy Field Environmen
In the Matsuyama area, brewers rice, the fundamental raw
ingredient of sake, is cultivated by methods that minimize
or completely eliminate the use of agricultural chemicals.
Owing to makers of brewers’ rice and other concerned
parties who are committed to conserving the naturalenvironment and its living creatures, red dragonflies
whose population is decreasing nationwide, can be seen in
many paddy fields in Matsuyama.

Matsuyama Seri is a traditional vegetable characterized bya distinct scent and crispness. Cultivated and seeded
through the years by farmers, it has been a common
ingredient for soups, pickles, and processed fermented
foods. It has also played an important role in providing
food during the long harsh winters and in nurturing thearea’s rich food culture.

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Museum Hananokura

A lateral levee had been constructed where the distance
between the embankment of Naruse River and themountains narrowed, to block the overflow of water andprotect downstream town in the face of a flood. This had
made the upstream area of the levee prone to inundation,
but the situation greatly improved with the construction of
the Suzunegoro Drainage Pump Station in 1989.

Matsuyama Seri Parsley

Naruse River

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Furusato History Museum

Numerous reservoirs were created as means for securing irrigation water in the middle and lower
reaches of Naruse
Wakuya-kamiyachi
BridgeRiver where water tends to run short, such that there are as many as 1,152
reservoirs in Osaki Koudo as a whole. In addition to recycling water by raising the level of water indrainage channels, other ingenious water management methods are in place to secure irrigationwater.

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Furusato History Museum exhibits a collection of artifacts
excavated from tumulus burials in the area, ancient armors
and swords, and other such traditional artifacts andantiques. The history room, in particular, is a showcase ofhistorical materials ranging from the prehistoric period totoday, with a focus on materials related to the Moniwa Clan,a family that served as chief retainers to the local feudallords of the Sendai Clan.

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Kanatsuryu Matsuyama Lion Dance
Kanatsuryu Matsuyama Lion Dance is performed bysinging and dancing to the beat of a drum carrying sasara
bamboo on the back and wearing a lion’s mask. It used tobe performed on the premises of Matsuyamajo Castle until
the early modern period and became extinct for a while
after that, but it was revived in 2003. The dance isperformed as a prayer for the repose of ancestral spirits,
warding off evil spirits, and bountiful harvests, and is being
handed down to future generations as a religious
performance offered at annual festivals held by local
shrines.
Inquiry Osaki Board of Education,
Cultural Property Division 0229-72-5036

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Reservoirs and Recycled Water Use

Osaki City Matsuyama General Branch Office,Regional Promotion Division 0229-55-2112

Location Around Matsuyama Sengoku, Osaki City

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Moniwa Gozen Set Meal

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Location 6 Honmaru, Matsuyama Sengoku, Osaki City

Osaki City

Moniwa Gozen is a modern-day arrangement of the set
meal which
346 the fourteenth master fisherman of the
Moniwa Clan made for Date Masamune, to whom membersof the clan served as chief retainers over many generations.
Befitting Matsuyama as a place where the fermented foodculture has taken root, it is made using fermented foods
and local specialties in abundance.

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A view of the countrysidefrom the ruins of
Sengoku Castle in Honmaru Park

Rural Landscape Seen from the Ruins of
Sengokujo Castle in Gohonmaru Park
Sengokujo Castle was the place of residence of the Moniwa
Clan, from Moniwa Yoshimoto, the first lord of the clan who
took up residence in Matsuyama in 1603, until the clantransferred to Uwanodate. The observatory provides a
panoramic view of the rural landscape of Osaki Koudo, andthe outermost perimeter of the site has been transformed
into a garden of cosmos flowers, attracting many visitors inautumn.

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Sake Museum, Hana no Kura

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Matsuyama is home to one sake brewery and one miso andsoy sauce brewery. It is also an area where brewers rice ismade. The brewing industry largely contributes toincreasing the added value of rice and soy beans produced
in Osaki Koudo.

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Sunset Seen from along Naruse River
Prefectural Road 32, running atop the embankment ofNaruse River, offers a clear view of Mount Funagata, amountain known for an extremely rare form of religious
faith called “Mount Funagata worship,” in which shrines in
the mountain and at the foot of the mountain are
worshipped as gods of agriculture. A sublime scene unfolds
when the setting sun reflects on the long strip of NaruseRiver that traverses Osaki Koudo as it sets behind Mount
Funagata.
Location Around Suzunegoro,
Matsuyama Shimoibano, Osaki City

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History of Flood Control and Drainage
through the Life of a Straw-Sandled
Village Headman

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Shinainuma Flood Control Basin

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Some 30 varieties of tomato alone are cultivated in Osaki
Koudo, representing a diversity in agriculture. In particular,
the Delicious Tomato brand of tomatoes that is produced asa specialty of Kashimadai is a challenge to cultivate, but it
has succeeded in winning high acclaim as a brand-namecrop of Kashimadai for its scarcity and sweetness.

Wadatanuma

Matsuyama-sumaya

Matsuyama-sengoku

The Kashimadai area in the lower basin of Osaki Koudo had long suffered flood damage due

to its flat terrain. However, a foundation for agricultural production has been created andMatsuyama-shimoibano
Matsuyama-tsugihashi
flood control
basins have been installed under the national project for reclamation of

Deki

Shinainuma Swamp, and fertile land has consequently been gained through a flexible water
management system. The area is known for its productionMatsuyamacho
of a brand ofStation
tomato named
Delicious Tomato, and has become a center of information about the branding of agricultural
Fukugafukuro
produce.

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Neriushi

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Oyanagi

Shinainuma Swamp had long suffered flood damage, but this has been corrected by temporarily
pooling water from the river in a portion of the paddy fields (372ha) in the event of a flood to mitigate
damage to other paddy fields and to residential communities. This takes advantage of the propertiesof paddy rice that makes it relatively tolerant to large-scale floods, while also allowing people toenjoy the agricultural blessings of Osaki Koudo.

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Kashimadai Station
Kashimadai-kimazuka

Kashimadai-fukaya
Kashimadai-oobasama

Monument commemorating the 100th anniversaryof the Uchinoura Contract Association

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belonging to the carp family. It lives in clear waters where
the ecosystem is well conserved. To protect the naturalenvironment,theSocietyfor
Shinaimotsugo
Conservation has developed a brand-name riceUshiami Pond
cultivated using water from reservoirs that provide a
habitat to the shinaimotsugo.

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In 1993, the shinaimotsugo, a species of carp that was thought
to be extinct, was discovered for the first time in sixty years in
Katsurasawa Reservoir. The reservoir was selected among the
500 Important Wetlands in Japan by the Ministry of theEnvironment under the name of “Former Shinainuma Swampand Surrounding Reservoirs.” Pond draining and other suchactivities are implemented to conserve the favorable
environment. *Please keep out of the reservoir.

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Yoshidagawa Syphon is a two-level river intersection
created in 1940. Tsuruta River, which flows throughShinainuma Swamp, drains water by passing under Yoshida
River. On the other side of Yoshida River, its name changes
to Takashiro River and connects to Meiji Tunnel throughwhich water drains
into Matsushima Bay. A majorsway
reclamation
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Rural Landscape Seenfrom Yoshidagawa Levee
A sweeping vista of agricultural land spreads in every
direction as far as the eye can see. It is a sight filled with thepainstaking efforts of the ancestors of the local population
who conquered the trials of repeated flood damage
throughout the flat Kashimadai area, which only has a
gradient of around 1/2500 (elevation difference of 1m per
2500m), by reclaiming and draining the land.

EkimaeInquiry

Kashimadai Shinaimotsugo Satonomai Tsukurite no Kai

StationRikuzen-Ono(Kashimadai
Society of Shinaimotsugo Satonomai Rice Farmers)

Location Around Hataya Kengyo, Matsushima-cho, Miyagi-gun

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TakagiMatsushima Chisan Country Club
Mt. Shirasaka
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Matsushima Station

Takagi River

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Mt. Takaba

Hatsubara

Location Hataya Izumigahara, Matsushima-cho, Miyagi-gun

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Matsushima Town

Matsushima-Osato Interchange

Previously, hishi water chestnuts grew profusely over theentire surface of Shinainuma Swamp, and a hishi collecting
song used to be sung while harvesting them. The collectedhishi were mixed with rice to make a simple but tasty dishsimilar to chestnut rice. Hishi cultivation is making a
gradual comeback along with activities for the protectionof the fish called shinaimotsugo.

Yoshidagawa Syphon Intersection

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Hishi Water Chestnut

The flow of water in Meiji Tunnel had become poor overmany years after its construction, hindered by theaccumulation of dirt and sand, such that flood damage
occurred with each heavy rain. A new tunnel was thus built
in 1910 owing to the efforts of Kamata Sannosuke, thevillage headman affectionately known as “straw-sandaledheadman” for his humbleness.

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100th Anniversary Monument of the Uchinoura
Keiyakukai Mutual Aid Association
Uchinoura Keiyakukai is a mutual aid association
established in 1914. It has maintained livelihoods in thearea that has suffered repeated floods and poverty byreclaiming wastelands, engaging in cooperative
agriculture, and promoting mutual support in daily living.
The monument is a testimony of their efforts andachievements.

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SOsaki City Kashimadai General Branch Office,Regional Promotion Division 0229-56-7111

The distance from Shinainuma Swamp, which has longsuffered flood damage, to Matsushima Bay is 7.4
kilometers, with a difference in elevation of a mere twometers. Despite this small height difference, it has become
possible for water from the swamp to flow into
Matsushima Bay owing to a difficult project that ran foryears from 1693, to dig two tunnels over a distanceAelevenofok
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Genroku Tunnel

Taga market

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Location Shimoshida, Kashimadai Obasama, Osaki City

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Tagaichi Market
Tagaichi Market has its beginnings in 1910, when thevillage headman Kamata Sannosuke enshrined the deities
of fourteen village shrines in Kashimadai Jinja Shrine. He
took the occasion to embark on improving the welfare of
the village people by selling agricultural produce andprocessed goods produced them. It is a traditional market
and the largest in Tohoku.

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Delicious Farm, Marusen FarmRiver

Matsuyama-kanaya

Osaki Golf Club
Sanbongi Course

Delicious Tomato

TetaruTetaru Station
Isozaki

JR Senseki Line

Rikuzen-Tomiyama Station

Takagimachi Station
YobisakiRikuzen-Otsuka Station

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Location 70 Kirigomeniban, Miyazaki, Kami-machi, Kami-gun

Iwadeyama Station
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Former Satake
Family Residence

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Tanaka Shuzoten, Nakayu Shuzoten, Yamawa Shuzoten,
Konno Jozo, Sato Kojiya

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Three of the ten sake breweries in Osaki Koudo are locatedin Kami. These three breweries are clustered within a few
hundred meters of each other in the Nakaniida district.
They comprise the western center of fermented food
Furukawa-niinuma
culture in Osaki Koudo along with a miso and soy sauce
brewery and a manufacturer of rice malt.

Shikama Town

(location of a signboard)

Furukawaiigawa

Zoshikinome

Kurosawa
Shikama Town Hall

Location 2-70 Kirigome, Miyazaki, Kami-machi, Kami-gun

Location 1-76 Ajigafukuro Yakuraihara, Kami-machi, Kami-gun

Furukawa-yanome
Fermented
Food Culture

Yokkaichiba

Yutorinuma Swampand Tetsugyo Fish
Yutorinuma Swamp is surrounded by a virgin beech forest.
Until the early Edo Period (1603-1868), houses next to theswamp raised tetsugyo, a species of fish belonging to thecarp family, in large numbers as sources of protein during
wintertime. Yutorinuma Swamp was designated a national
Natural Monument in 1933, and the tetsugyo was specified
as a Critically Endangered and Endangered (CR+EN)
Species of Miyagi Prefecture.

Furukawa-kamizone

Shikama

Mt. Koguri

Furukawa Interchange

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Hirayanagi

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Shinkawara

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Kozena daikon radish is a traditional and rare variety ofvegetable that is only grown by a few farmers today in the
Koze district of Kami. It is said that those grown outside of
Furukawa-niida
the Koze district do not have the same soft leaves as those
Furukawa-mimidori Furukawa-hoyanagi
grown in the district. Unlike the Japanese daikon radish, theFurukawa-shibui
leaves are eaten instead of the root, and they are commonly
Furukawa-niibori
Nishi-Furukawa Station
pickled and preserved as non-perishable wintertime food.

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The paddy fields are alive with diverse living creatures suchas frogs and dragonflies. Among them is the buzzard, a typeof hawk. Buzzards breed in the woods, on cliffs, and also in
igune homestead woodlands, and prey on rats, frogs, andsnakes living in paddy fields.

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Shimizu-komon
Kamikawara Toshuko Weir was originally built along
mainstream Naruse River in 1640. However, it wastransferred to Tagawa River, a tributary of Naruse River,47
because its management and repair required an enormous
amount of money and manpower, and is thus also called
Tagawazeki Weir. Today, it is operated as Kamikawara
Toshuko Weir at the confluence of Naruse River and Tagawa
River.
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TThe clear flow of Naruse River is home to diverse types offish, from migratory fish that migrate between the rivers
and sea, to freshwater fish, such as sweetfish, salmon, andJapanese lamprey. The sight of many people coming to fish
freshwater trout in the rich natural environment of NaruseRiver is a seasonal tradition.

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Tatemae Ozeki is an intake weir that was built over a periodof twelve years from 1267, to take water from Tagawa River,a tributary of Naruse River, for irrigation. Today, it supplies
water to the Nakaniida area of Kami. Water used for
irrigation is drained into Tagawa River via Semizeki Weirand reused as the source of water for Tatemaezeki Weir.

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Former Satake Residence
Presumed to be built in the late Edo Period (1603-1868), theSatake Residence features a main building with a hip roof
and principal living quarters consisting of four rooms
including a reception hall. It is a typical farmers’ house ofthis period in the Kami area. The house is open to the public
as an invaluable building that provides a glimpse of whatlife was like back then.

Tatemae Ozeki Weir

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Semizeki Weir was built as an intake weir under the ordersof the Ishimoda Clan, which ruled the Miyazaki area of Kami
today. Begun in 1660 and completed roughly ten years
later, it was a difficult construction, such that the child of
the field supervisor was supposedly offered as a humanpillar in prayer for the successful flow of water. The child has
been enshrined as an Enkirijizo deity (literally, “bondsevering deity”).

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Kirigome no Hadaka Kasedori Festival
Kirigome no Hadaka Kasedori is a festival held on
Koshogatsu day (January 15 of the lunar calendar) inprayer for protection against ﬁre and against
misfortunes during a yakudoshi, or unlucky age. It ischaracterized by men in a waistcloth with soot painted
on their faces visiting homes in the area. When thefestival was once terminated, seven ﬁres broke out in asingle year. Thus, it was thereafter revived andcontinues to be held today. It is designated an
Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Miyagi Prefecture.

Location Kadosawa Yajita, Kami-machi, Kami-gun

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many as ten years to complete since commencement of its
construction in 1670. A stone monument is inscribed with apassage to the effect that the weir “has turned wasteland
into a land of fertile paddies.” It still continues to feed waterto fields in the Onoda area of Kami.

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Igune Woodlandsin the Komeizumi District
The Komeizumi District is known for igune homesteadwoodlands which drew water into residential sites via awater channel. It is also home to a tree named “Saikachi
Tree of the Takahashi Family,” presumed to be more than
300 years old and designated a Natural Monument of thetown. The tree was said to be planted in prayer for recurringvictory by the Takahashi Family, retainers of the Osaki Clan
who returned to farming after the Osaki Kasai Uprising(1591).
Location Takadahara, Komeizumi, Kami-machi, Kami-gun

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Shikama is a long-established town that is mentioned in Shoku Nihongi, an imperiallycommissioned
Nakajima Japanese history text published in the Nara Period (710-784). During the Edo
Period (1603-1868), it honed the water management technologies of weirs and reservoirs
that took advantage of the alluvial terrain. Osaki Koudo can be viewed in its entirety from
TakagiMount Atago, where a park
blooms with 10,000 peonies every summer. Shikama is also homeof the kappa water imp, where a unique one-and-only shrine in Japan is found whose maindeity is a hand-carved kappa image.

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distance of 33 kilometers to Sanbongi in Osaki City. It was originally founded by Date Munenori, theson of the second head of the Sendai Clan Date Tadamune, to reclaim the fields and swamp
spreading over some 100 hectares in Shikama.

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Kami Town

Location Ojoji Shimokawara, Shikama-cho, Kami-gun

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Igune Woodlands Upstreamof Hanagawa River

Egoma eggs are a local specialty produced by adding the
local bumper crop of egoma to chicken feed. A bowl of rice
topped with raw egoma egg can be had at JA Kami
Yotsuba’s farm stand Mana House. Refills of both rice andegg are free.

A rural village spreads across the flatland of the alluvial fan
formed by Hanagawa River (Arakawa River in olden times),
which supplies water to Arakawazeki Irrigation Channel. It isan area where igune homestead woodlands characteristic of
Osaki Koudo are preserved in excellent condition.

Location 158-2 Kamishinmachi, Shikama-cho, Kami-gun

Location Yatsuhara, Ojoji, Shikama-cho, Kami-gun

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Shikama-cho Nogyo Denshukan(Shikama-cho Agricultural Learning Center)
Located in Atagoyama Park, Shikama-cho Nogyo
Denshukan provides a display of items related to Noh
performances and ceramicware, and holds special
exhibitions on the Arakawazeki Weir and igune woodlands
that have been recognized as a Globally Important
Agricultural Heritage System. It also has learning facilities
equipped with the latest audiovisual equipment, andprovides comfortable lodging accommodation as well.

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Mount Atago is a small mountain commanding a view ofOsaki Koudo and its many igune homestead woodlands.
Atagoyama Park offers a feast for the eyes through theseasons, blooming with cherry blossoms in April, peonies
from late May to early June, hydrangeas in July, and crepe
myrtle blossoms from September to mid-October.

Location 1-12 Higashihara, Shikama, Shikama-cho, Kami-gun

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Shikama-cho Sangyo Kaihatsu Kosha(Shikama Industrial Development Corporation)

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Suzunuma Swamp is located around ten minutes on footfrom Shikama Otaki Waterfall at the starting point of the
Shikama path up Mount Funagata. Surrounded by a virgin
beech forest that changes its colors from green to red/yellow
and vice versa with the changing of the seasons, it is a
mystical swamp where bushes floating on the water surface
appear as though bonsai trees are lined up on loose rocks.

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Egoma, a plant of the Lamiaceae family, is cultivated forfood and for its oil. It is also called Junen, meaning “tenyears,” because it is said that one can live ten years longer by
eating egoma. In the mochi culture of Osaki Koudo, egoma
is commonly mashed and flavored to make a dish called
Junen-mochi (zunemochi).

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Kiyomizu Kagura is a common type of kagura performancecalled satokagura, which is performed without any
dialogue. Derived from Nanbu Kagura, it is composed ofsome twenty songs. A votive plaque at Kiyomizu Kannondo
Hall mentions a Kagura that was offered in 1900 andprovides an image of the erstwhile performance.

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Harakuguri Tunnel (aqueduct tunnel) is located upstreamof the twelve tunnels along Arakawazeki Irrigation
Channel. The water channel bends at a right angle atHarakuguri Tunnel, changes direction eastward, andstretches toward the hilly terrain that is home to anarchaeological site that dates back to the Paleolithic Period.
The term “anazeki,” meaning “tunnel,” still exists in thevicinity today as a place name.

Furukawa-hikita

Fuka River

Mount Funagata, the source of the water that feeds NaruseRiver, has been worshipped by local residents since ancient
times as a sacred mountain dedicated to the gods of themountain, water, and paddy fields. A shrine called
Funagatayama Gosho Jinja erected at its summit enshrines
the Suijo Benzaiten deity. The custom of visiting the shrine
after rice planting, called Gogatsumairi, is still observed
today.

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Wakuya is centered on Mount Nonodake, occupying a low wetland area that used to have ascattering of swamps including Nabirenuma Swamp to the south and Shikagainuma Swampto the north. As home of the
Wakuya Date Clan, it underwent a transformation owing to
Minamikatamachi
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In ancient
Ainoyatimes, Konpoji Temple was a sacred place that
Naritaforbid any killing of living creatures and that wascompletely off limits to women. It was governed by rulesthat transcended local control, such that it was said evenfelons could not be captured once they set foot inside
the precincts. According to legend, the temple wasfounded by Sakanoue Tamuramaro in 807. It enshrines
an eleven-faced Kannon image (hidden image) as its
main deity, which is unveiled to the public only once
every 33 years.

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Rural Landscape Seenfrom Mount Nonodake
Mount Nonodake, in the center of Wakuya, is a small
mountain only 236 meters high, but its summit offers aspectacular vista unblocked by anything else. It commands
a view not only of the landscape of igune homesteadwoodlands across the vast terrain of Osaki Koudo, but also
as far as the mountains of Oshika Peninsula in Iwate
Prefecture and even Kinkasan Island in the Pacific Ocean.

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The fermented food culture of Wakuya is represented by
Kawakei Jozo, a brewery that was founded in 1909 by the
first generation Kawana Keiji. It is well known for its
commitment to producing products through a strict
regimen of quality management while preserving thetastes of olden days. On to its sixth generation today, thebrewery manufactures and sells miso, soy sauce, and soupbase.

Igune Woodlands
around Mount Nonodake
Many residences in Osaki Koudo are surrounded bywoodlands called igune. They are strategically arranged toprotect farmers’ homes from winter northwesterly winds
and floods. In addition to artificially planted vegetation,
various types of plants grow in the igune from seeds carriedby birds and the wind, creating a habitat for diverse
animals.

Location Dotezoe, Ota, Wakuya-cho, Toda-gun

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history dating back to 749. At a time when money was thelargest obstacle to building the large Buddha of Todaiji
Temple in prayer for peace, Koganeyama Jinja wascompleted without trouble owing to the region being thefirst to produce gold in Japan and being able to make anoffering of 900 ryo (approx. 13kg) of gold.

Fermented Food Culture

Bogake Rice Drying and Red Dragonﬂies
Farmers in Wakuya actively engage in environment-friendly
agriculture, and air-dry rice stalks by a method called
bogake. The sight of red dragonflies made familiar by apopular children’s song flitting around the bogake bundlesof rice against Mount Nonodake in the background isreminiscent of the virgin landscape of autumn in Japan.

Koganeyama Jinja, ensconced in Japan’s first gold

Tsuyamacho-yanaizu
producing region, is a shrine with a long and distinguished

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IAinonuma Swamp is surrounded by cherry trees that comeinto full bloom in spring, and fills with lotus flowers insummer around mid-August. From
autumn to winter, it provides a
wintering place for swans andother migratory birds.

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Station. The germ portion of the rice is three times larger thaneregular brown rice and is rich in nutrientsdg
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Nonodake Hakusan
Honen Odori Dance
Nonodake Hakusan Honen Odori is a ceremony that used
to be held when people from throughout the Tohoku
region gathered in Wakuya to exchange seed rice. It is a
revival of the Kagura music and dance performance thatused to be offered in ancient times under the name of
Tanemomi Kagura. A preservation society has beenorganized to keep the tradition alive by performing thedance in celebration of a plentiful harvest of rice.

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subject to stagnant water elimination work implemented bygenerations of the Wakuya Date Clan since the beginning of the
Edo Period (1603-1868). The Kanbun Incident which developed
from a territorial dispute was an episode famous enough to betaken up as a Kabuki program in Edo. The use of flood control
basins today originated from such a history of water
management.

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Kyu-kitakami River, Kyu-hazama River, and Eai River by
Kawamura Magobe, a retainer of Date Masamune, theoccurrence of flood damage decreased dramatically, thedevelopment of new paddy fields progressed, and a watertransportation route was established for the transport ofrice to Edo.

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Misato is a low-lying area in Osaki Koudo, downstream of Naruse River and Eai River. It has
transformed into a major agricultural region as a result of projects to reclaim and drain
Tajiri-onuki
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cuisine of suppokojiru soup.
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Misato is one such area within Osaki Koudo, where Miyagi
shirome is endorsed by the prefecture as a main variety.
Because it is suited to processing, it supports the foodculture of Osaki Koudo as an ingredient for miso, soy sauce,natto, and other such processed foods.

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Kimazuka Juozan Park
Juozan Park, situated on a small hill in the Kimazuka district,is home to a 750-some-year-old Japanese zelkova tree thatstands proudly as a landmark of the park. Cherry trees andazaleas planted on the grounds also provide visitors from inand outside the town a nice respite particularly during thespring flower viewing season.

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for domestics who have helped serve a meal in a Buddhist
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facility that was made to secure agricultural water to feed
3,500 hectares of land on the right bank of Naruse River andto control flood damage in the Naruse River Basin. From theweir, a 360-degree panoramic view of the expanse of Osaki
Koudo can be seen, with Tajiri to the north, Wakuya to theeast, Kashimadai to the south, and Furukawa to the west.

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Kamata Shoyu, Kawakei Shoten

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There is one each of a sake brewery and a miso and soy
sauce brewery in Misato. Kamata Shoyu is the oldest miso
and soy sauce brewery in Osaki Koudo, founded in 1830.
Sue Shoten has won the Gold Prize in the Nationwide
Kawakei
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was completed in 1698. Owing to this tunnel, new fields
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excellent farming land.
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Fudodo Kagura Dance and Music
Fudodo Kagura, deriving from Nanbu Kagura, wasintroduced to Misato in 1899. It strongly retains its
original distinctive flair, from the abundance of programsand vigorous motions to the energetic rhythm of drums
and voices. It is designated an Intangible Folk Cultural
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See here for detailed information via a digital map
25How to get to Osaki Koudo
JR (Shinkansen/local trains) ➡ Furukawa Station
From Tokyo Station: approx. 2 hours
From Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station
approx. 3 hours 30 minutes

Chojahara
Service Area
Smart Interchange

From Sendai Station approx. 15 minutes
From Sendai Airport Station approx. 1 hour

Furukawa
Interchange

Osaki
Koudo

Furukawa Station

Tohoku Expressway

Tohoku Shinkansen

Miyagi Prefecture

Sendai Station

Expressway ➡ Furukawa Exit
From Urawa Toll Gate

approx. 4 hours 45 minutes

From Sendai Miyagi Exit approx. 35 minutes
Airplane (domestic) ➡ Sendai Airport
From Shinchitose (Sapporo) approx. 1 hour 10 minutes
From Narita

Sendai Airport

approx. 1 hour 10 minutes

From Nagoya (Chubu)
From Komatsu

Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.

approx. 1 hour

From Itami (Osaka) approx. 1 hour 20 minutes
From Kansai (Osaka) approx. 1 hour 20 minutes
From Hiroshima

approx. 1 hour 30 minutes

From Fukuoka

approx. 2 hours

From Okinawa

approx. 3 hours

Osaki Region Committee for the Promotionof Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
SSecretariat: GIAHS Promotion Division, Osaki City Industry and Economy Department, Miyagi Prefecture
Phone: 0229-23-2281 Email: osaki-giahs@city.osaki.miyagi.jp
Shikama-cho

Industrial Promotion Division

Phone: 0229-65-2128

Kami-machi

Industrial Promotion Division

Phone: 0229-63-3408

Wakuya-machi Agriculture and Forestry Promotion Division

Phone: 0229-25-8511

Misato-machi

Phone: 0229-25-3329

Industrial Promotion Division*The information is current as of April 2021.