Circular Tank DiversionWorks1

Address: Kamisekibukuro, Isawawakayanagi, Oshu

Address: Kamisekibukuro, Isawawakayanagi, Oshu
Tel: 0197-24-0171(Opposite Isawa Marugoto Tourist Information Office)(Isawa Plain Land Improvement Area Administrative Office)Tel: 0197-24-0171(Isawa Plain Land Improvement Area Administrative Office)Note: 300m from Oshu Isawa Hot Spring Mitsuki

Historic Irrigation RelicAshinazeki Sluice

Judicial Agricultural Union

Iwate Local Produce CenterAjisai5Address: 119 Gotanmachi, Isawaoyama, Oshu
Tel: 0197-24-0171

Address: 214 Odakiri, Isawaoyama, Oshu
Tel: 0197-47-2345
Open: (shop) 9:00am – 6:00pm(restaurant) 11:00am - 4:00pm
Closed: Jan 1st & 2nd(Isawa Plain Land Improvement Area Administrative Office)For information about the surrounding areas
Isawa Marugoto Tourist Information Office

Isawa Dam Administrative OfficeAddress: 139 Kamidobashi,
Isawawakayanagi, Oshu
Tel: 0197-46-0360 Open: 9:00am – 4:30pm
Closed: Wednesdays (closed during winter,December 29-February 28)Address: 6 Yokodakemaeyama,
Isawawakayanagi, Oshu
Tel: 0197-49-2981
Note: Open for enquiries 9:00am – 5:00pm

Access Shin-Aomori

Aomori

CarAomoriTohoku Expressway
Closest interchange: Mizusawa IC,Oshu smart IC (payment by ETC card only)

Shinkansen

TohokuShinkansen

TohokuExpressway

Akita

Morioka IC
sennnka
Tohoku Linehita S

Aki

Hanamaki IC
Hanamaki JCT
Hanamaki Minami IC
Kitakami JCT
Akita
Expressway

Tohoku Line
Closest station: Mizusawa

Rental Cars
Tel: 0197-51-4123
Tel: 0197-24-4279
Yamagata
Tel: 0197-36-8123
Tel: 0197-24-0100
Tel: 0197-22-3400

Enquiries

Mizusawa IC
Mizusawa
Hiraizumi-Maesawa ICIchinoseki ICMiyagi

SendaiIsawa Plain Land Improvement Area Administrative Office
Isawa Plain Land Improvement AreaKuji
Sanriku Railway
Iwate Numakunai

IwateTohoku Shinkansen
Closest station: Mizusawa-Esashi

Nissan Rent-A-Car Mizusawa-Esashi Ekimae Branch
Carsta Rent-A-Car Mizusawa Sakurakawa Branch
Carsta Rent-A-Car Esashi Furusato Ichibamae Branch
Toyota Rent-A-Car Iwate Mizusawa Branch
Ace Rent-A-Car

Hachinohe

NinoheAkita

Train lines

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Oshuko Viewing Platform

Address: 6 Yokodakemaeyama, Isawawakayanagi, Oshu
Tel: 0197-49-2981(Isawa Dam Administrative Office)Note: Open 9:00am – 5:00pm(Address) 8-1 Sekibukuro, Isawawakayanagi, Oshu

Note: Large fountain of the water of life Hours of operation
Operates for 15mins on the hour every hour 10:00am – 4:00pm

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Juanzeki Sluice2

Post code: 023-0881 140-1 Kitada, Mizusawa, Oshu, Iwate
Tel: 0197-24-0171 Fax: 0197-24-0174
Isawa Plain Land Improvement Area Administrative Office homepage
http://www.isawa-heiya.or.jp/

MiyakoMoriokaYamada LineIwate Hanamaki Airport

Miyamori ICKamaishi LineTono

Towa IC

Shin-Hanamaki
KamaishiTono ICRokando IC
OfunatoKitakami

Mizusawa-Esashi
Ofunato Line
Ichinoseki Kesennuma

6Denen Sabo Hotaru no Yado
RestaurantAddress: 68 Shimotanaka, Isawawakayanagi, Oshu
Tel: 0197-46-2120
Open: Lunchtime 11:00am – 3:00pm (last order 2:00pm)
Evenings (Sat/Sun/holidays) 5:00pm – 9:00pm(reservations necessary in advance on weekdays)
Closed: Tuesdays(the next day if Tuesday is a national holiday)

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1 The Largest Circular Tank Diversion Works in Japan

Juanzeki Sluice

The founder of the cultivation ofIsawa Plain

The circular tank diversion works that are thesymbol of Isawa Plain and that raise up water for
agricultural use with great force are well worth
seeing! A large fountain of the water of life isinstalled in the circular tank diversion works. You
can go down close to the fountain so why not try
cooling down close to it on a hot day?
(The fountain sprays water for 15mins on the hour
every hour from 10:00am - 4:00pm.)

Goto Juan, who served Date Masamune,
had a wish for peace for his people as theirfeudal lord and he excavated the Juanzeki
Sluice bringing water to 60% of the rice fieldsof Isawa Plain. The sluice was excavated byadopting Western civil engineering techniques
and the stone wall that still remains was built
using piled-up field stones.
＊The road is narrow so please take care when enteringand leaving by car.

3oramic
A great panview＊The road up to the viewing platform hasa steep slope and is narrow so please takecare entering and leaving in your car.

The tourist information office is opposite
the circular tank diversion works.

Estimated duration: 2.5 hours

Start

Yakeishi Mountain Range

瑞To Morioka

みつき入口

Circular Tank
Diversion Works
1Juanzeki
2Sluice

Japan’s largest
rock-fill dam

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Oshuko Viewing Platform

Kurikoma Yakeishi Hotto Line

413km

Oshu City Office

Maesawa
Service Area
TohokuExpressway

衣川いきいき交流館

4from a height of 7.7m!!

Enjoy the fusion of Japanese and Westernstyles inside this restaurant
This is a restaurant where you can enjoy the changing scenes of the 4seasons throughout the year through a large window that gives a real senseof space and the restaurant will satisfy kids and adults alike. Why not chat tothe restaurant manager Mr Sato who talks passionately about the world
being as one while enjoying your food?

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国見平温泉
★★★★★★

4① Circular tank diversion works

6 Restaurant Hotaru no Yado
TohokuLine

4Ashinazeki Sluice

For reference

If you climb up this stand made to supply
water to the rice fields, you can get a greatview of the vast scenery of Isawa Plain.
Please enquire at the Isawa Plain Land
Improvement Area Administrative Officeabout when it is open for access.
(Tel: 0197-24-0171)

MizusawaStation(payment by ETC card)

This is a circular route that goes
through Ichinoseki from Oshu.
You can enjoy magnificent sceneryalong this route.

4.4km

About 7mins

ion Take a look at the scenery

Isawa Marugoto Tourist
Water Supply Stand
Information Office
Isawa Plain Land
Improvement Area
Special Attraction
Administrative Office
Local Produce
Store Ajisai
5Oshu smart IC

Isawa Dam

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withinthe red lines❻ Restaurant Hotaru no Yado

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Restaurant
Hotaru no Yado
6Mizasawa IC月

6.5km

About 10mins❸ Oshuko Viewing Platform

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About 10mins

3.5km

About 5mins

1.5km

About 4mins

About 15mins

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The Japanese Christian
warrior, Goto Juan

Oshuko Viewing Platform

The view from the Oshuko Viewing Platform at Isawa Dam is superb.
On a fine day you can see acrossthe vast Isawa delta. If you are in luck
you can see the great panoramicview of the skyline from here.

Oshu Tourism and Produce
Association Isawa Marugoto
Tourist Information Office

A large fountain of the water of life

Recommended RouteThis is ourrecommended route,but feel free to goaround the routeenjoying the sights inthe order you prefer.

Hiraizumi-Maesawa IC
To Koromogawa

Power spot of
mystical energy!!

Napolitan pasta withlots of cheese served ona hot iron plate

To Ichinoseki

Historic Irrigation Relic Ashinazeki Sluice

Definitely pay a visit here!

Ashinazeki Historic Site Preservation Society
Chairman Wakatsuki

By visiting Ashinazeki Sluice, the fruit ofthe wisdom and efforts of the 5th generation Ashina lord, you see that overcoming
all kinds of hardships leads to better fortune. Lillies are in full bloom here mid July.

Lillies

5 Isawa Local Produce Center Ajisai
Isawa Local Produce Center Ajisai with the local
Ka-chan ladies working at full power was able to beestablished thanks to the land reclamation project. Inaddition to selling seasonal freshly picked-in-the-morning vegetables and beautiful flowers, there are also processed side dishes and confectionery on sale.

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Please dropby anytime!