World Heritage

A beam of sunlight leading the way to peace and happiness,lighting up the future.
World Cultural Heritage, Hiraizumi.

Class 1 National Treasure

Chuson-ji Temple’s Konjikido

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A Jodo Garden representative of Japan

Motsu-ji Temple

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Jodo Garden

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The winds of the Pure Land blow across the temple of Amida

Kanjizaio-in Ato

World Heritage

A masterpiece of a Jodo Garden

Muryoko-in Ato

Bishamon-do Temple

Boasts a history of 1200 years.

Takkoku noIwaya

World Heritage

The symbolic mountain that became the reference point for the town development

Mt. Kinkeisan04

Benzaiten-do Temple

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Discover HIRAIZUMI

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Look, feel, savour. Enjoy the four seasons of Hiraizumi to the full.

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1. Spring Fujiwara Festival [May 1-5] (The picture is Minamoto no Yoshitsune’s Azumakudari Festival on May 3)
2. Cherry blossom trees (along National Highway 300)
3. Approach to Chuson-ji Temple (Tsukimizaka Slope)
4. Motsu-ji Hatsukayasai Festival of the 20th Day [January 20]

Hiraizumi Cultural Heritage Center
Postcode 029-4102 44 Hanadate, Hiraizumi, Hiraizumi-cho, Tel: 0191-46-4012

Provides tourist information and guides that explain in an easy-to-understand way the appeal of Hiraizumi’s cultural heritage including the cultural
assets registered as world heritage. Illustrations of the history of Hiraizumi
and chronological records of the important cultural assets are on display.
You can also try wearing a junihitoe which was a ceremonial kimono wornin the Heian period at certain times of year.
＊Please enquire in advance about the times of year this experience isavailable.
[Free entry]
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Opening times: 9:00 – 17:00 (Last entry: 16:30)
Closed: New Year, (29th Dec – 3rd Jan), when exhibitions are being changed (dates undecided)
Access: 7mins from JR Hiraizumi Station on the loop bus “Runrun”, get off at Hiraizumi Cultural Heritage Center Bus Stop

1. Sushi
2. Maesawa Beef Shabushabu
3. Moridashishiki Wanko Soba

4. Kuji Amber
5. Hidehira-nuri Lacquerware
6. Nanbu Cast Ironware

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To Morioka
Koromogawa
BridgeMap of Hiraizumi
Hakusan ShrinethNor

Noh stage

Kyuoi-do(sheltering hall)

Konjiki-do
Golden Halloch troaapptheSankozo(treasure house)

To Morioka

Koromo River

Inbound service

Tohoku Expressway
Hiraizumi-Maesawa IC – Entrance to Chuson-ji
About 3.4km (12mins by car)pletem

A tool that can translate signs in several different languages
and display several languages

Tohoku Expressway
Hiraizumi-Maesawa IC – Hiraizumi Station
About 4.8km (14mins by car)

Chuson-ji

Bell tower

Kyo-zoTo Morioka

Tohoku Line

Gorinto pagoda

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Koromonoseki
Chuson-ji Konjiki-do – 0.7km – Tsukimizaka Slope(14mins on foot)Ryokan or hotel
Bank (ATM)
Hospital
Public toilet⑤ Chuson-ji⑥ Takadachi Gikei-do (Yoshitsune Hall)

MaRemains of Oike Lake

Restaurant③ Yukyu no Yu Hiraizumi Hot Springs④ Hiraizumi Cultural Heritage Center

National Highway 4

Chuson-ji Municipal
No. 2 Carpark

Souvenir shop

① Hiraizumi Station② Motsu-ji

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Higashi Monomi
Look OutKey

Runrun bus route
Runrun bus stop

Sakashita

Hondo (main hall)

Lending and returnof audio pens here

QR TranslatorHiraizumi Cultural
History Museum

Steep slope

Lending and return of audio pens here
＊International ATM

TempleShrineStone tabletwith a haiku engraved
Tourist information

Grave of the legendary Benkei

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Chuson-ji Municipal No. 1 Carpark

Chuson-ji(bus stop)

Wi-Fi available

Takadachi Gikei-do(Yoshitsune Hall)
Chuson-ji Post OfficeStickers that enable you to use a QR translator without a specialist
app are stuck on information and guidance signs throughout thetown center.
When you use your smartphone to read the QRT code withinthese stickers and access the URL that is displayed, information
including explanations of heritage assets and related assets aswell as map information is displayed in the mother tongue of theuser’s device. You are free to change the language displayed andit is possible to be able to display information in 15 languages.

Public telephone⑦ Muryoko-in Ato⑧ Michi no Eki Hiraizumi

Unohana Spring

Chuson-ji Tsukimizaka Slope – 0.4km – Takadachi(8mins on foot)Sobaan Shizuka-tei Inn

Languages that can be displayed (15 different ones)
Japanese, English, simplified Chinese characters, Korean, traditional Chinese characters, France, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Vietnam, Thai, Indonesian and Malay.

Walking trail
Hanadate (bus stop)

Kitak6

Town community
centerChuson-ji Tsukimizaka Slope – 1.6km – Hiraizumi Station(32mins on foot)amiR

Information about Chuson-ji, Motsu-ji,
Takkoku no Iwaya, Kanjizaio-in Ato,
Muryoko-in Ato and Mt. Kinkeisan will
be displayed using the QRT code on theleft. Hold your smartphone over it andgive it a try.

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Hanadate
Chuson-ji Tsukimizaka Slope – 0.8km – Hiraizumi Cultural Heritage Center(16mins on foot)▲Chuson-ji Konjiki-do – 3.2km – Front gate of Motsu-ji Temple(64mins on foot)Mt. Kinkeisan

Hiraizumi Cultural
Heritage Center

Mt. Kanegatake▲Yanaginogosho Iseki

Muryoko-in Ato

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Audio Guide Pens

Suzusawa(bus stop)

The Grave of Yoshitsune’s
Wife and Daughter

Walking trail

Shin-Oku no Hosomichi Lookout

Yanaginogosho

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Yanaginogosho Museum

Muryoko-in Ato – 0.3km – Yanaginogosho(6mins on foot)Police Box

Kararaku

Yukyu no Yu
Hiraizumi Hot Springs

Hiraiz▲ Mt. Toyama

Hiraizumi Hot Springs
Hotel Musashibo

Remains of Kara no Gosho Residence

Hiraizumi
Fire Department
Substation

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Lending and returnof audio pens heregeridMichi no Eki Hiraizumi
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Rental bikes→DaimonjiCampsiteumi TunnelIzumiya

Suzusawa
Jogyo-do Hall

Motsu-ji

Motsu-ji Temple Garden

Osawa

Hiraizumi Post Office＊International ATM

Kanjizaio-in Ato

Shirayama

Ryokan Iris Yu

Oizumigaike PondHondo(main hall)
Osawa Onsen Ryokan

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Main reaizuming Hirad linkroeiGenbik

Katsura Ishi(wig rock)

Front gate

Motsu-ji Municipal Carpark

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Takkoku no Iwaya Ota River Himemachi no Taki
Waterfall
Bishamondo Temple

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Iwate Bank

Library

Rental cars and bikes

Hiraizumi
StationLanguages that can be displayed (7 different ones)
Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, French, German and Spanish.

Front gate of Motsu-ji Temple – 0.7km – Hiraizumi Station(14mins on foot)Lending and return
Hiraizumi Town Officeof audio pens here

Treasure house

To Motsu-jiTohoku
BankMinpaku
Hiraizumi Inn

You can borrow an audio guide (audio pen) for explanations ofsites around town in 7 different languages. Just touch the pictures
or icons in the specialized pamphlets with the pen and you canlisten to information about the sights and places here. [Price: ¥500
per audio pen (including tax)]

Rental bikes
Lending and return of audio pens here
Tourist information Office

Ichinoseki Shinkin Bank
Maizuru-so Inn

Kaisan-do Hall

Area around Takkoku no Iwaya

Ganmen Daibutsu

Maizurugaike Pond
Yarimizu
StreamShin-Otagawa Bridge

Places to lend and return audio pens
Hiraizumi Tourist Information Office (in front of Hiraizumi Station), entrance to Chuson-ji Tsukimizaka Slope (taxi office), in front of Chuson-ji
Sankozo Shop, Motsu-ji Temple, Michi no Eki Hiraizumi and Hiraizumi
Tourist Rest Center.

Hiraizumi Elementary School

Takkoku no Iwaya – 5.7km – Motsu-ji Temple (114mins on foot)TohokuExpressway←Kuramachi
To Ichinoseki IC

Ota River

Hiraizumi Junior High School

To Genbikei Gorge

To Takkoku no Iwaya

Otagawa Bridge

To Ichinoseki

To Ichinoseki

To Ichinoseki

ACCESS INFORMATION

Iwate
Akita Shinkansen

MoriokaStationAkita ExpresswayIwate Hanamaki
AirportShin-Hanamaki
StationAkita

IwateHiraizumi
JapanSendai

About 28mins
on the Tohoku Shinkansen

Hiraizumi

TokyoYamagata

Ichinoseki
Station

About 31minson the Tohoku Shinkansen
Sendai
StationMiyagi
Sendai Airport

About 2hrs 12minson the Tohoku Shinkansen

Niigata

Fukushima
Sheath of Konjikido of the Chusonji Temple

Tohoku Shinkansen
Tohoku Expressway

Tochigi

Gunma
IbarakiNaganoSaitamaTokyo

Yamanashi
Tokaenkanshin
ido S

Narita International Airport
Tokyo Station
Haneda Airport
Chiba
Kanagawa
Tourism Enquiries

Hiraizumi Tourism, Commerce and Industry Section

A general incorporated association Hiraizumi Tourism Association

Tel: 0191-46-2111 (General enquiries) 0191-46-5572 (Direct Line) Fax: 0191-46-3080

Tel: 0191-46-2110 Fax: 0191-46-2117

URL http://www.town.hiraizumi.iwate.jp/

URL: http://hiraizumi.or.jp/

For more information

http://hiraizumi.or.jp/

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