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■ Traditional culture

Local entertainment

Name ・ Item Photo and video providers (titles omitted)
Kagura Ishihatokaoka Kagura Towa Town Development Commerce Section
Enmanji Kagura Hanamaki City Industry Department Tourism Division
Serizawa Kagura Esashi City Board of Education Board of Education Education Section Cultural Property Section
Tsuchizawa Kagura Towa Town Development Commerce Section
Daisuke Natsui Tenkagura Kuji City Business and Industry Tourism Division
Kuromori Kagura Miyako City Board of Education
Ken dance Kami-Satsuma Nembutsu Buddha dance Person in charge of Morioka-shi Board of Education culture section cultural assets
Park's Kizawa Nembutsu Ken dance Gorizawa Town Board of Education Corporate Education Section Culture Section
Deer dance Ochiai dance Towa Town Development Commerce Section
Hayaike Mine Shishi dance Urata Hoichi
Maikawa Shikaken Ichinoseki City Industry Department Commercial Tourism Division Tourism Section
Other Seven things, seven dances Futto City Commerce and Industry Tourism Division Kuchinohe Village Planning Division Miyako City Board of Education Corporate Education Division City History Division
Hirose Doll Play Kikuchi Shogo
Title of book Issue Year of issue
"-Supplement-Folk entertainment of Iwate" Iwate Cultural Property Protection Association March 1999
"Iwate local entertainment" Iwate Nipposha February 1992
"Iwate Folklore Encyclopedia" Iwate Prefectural Museum March 1991
"New edition Iwate Encyclopedia" IBC Iwate Broadcasting October 1988
"Folk performing arts in Iwate Prefecture" Iwate Prefecture Board of Education March 1997

Traditional crafts

Title of book Issue Publication author Year of issue
"Iwate specialties" Iwate Prefectural Office of Commerce and Industry Tourism Division March 1991
"New edition Iwate Encyclopedia" IBC Iwate Broadcasting October 1988
"-The world of beauty and beauty-Handwork of Iwate" Iwate Cultural Property Protection Association August 1988
"Iwate's Traditional Industry-Focusing on the Bile Area-" Kumagaya Printing & Publishing Department Masami Ikeda January 1955
Galaxy Iwate brand Galaxy Iwate brand

Festival

Name ・ Item Photo and video providers (titles omitted)
spring Esashi Hakubutsu Festival Esashi City Commerce and Industry Tourism Division Tourism Section
Hidaka Fire Festival (Video) Mizusawa City Living Industry Department Commerce, Industry and Labor Division Tourism Products Office
summer Andon festival Osako Town Planning, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division
Chag Chag Mako (picture) Takizawa Village Business, Tourism Division
Morioka sansa dance (image) Morioka Sansa Dance Executive Committee
Kitakami, Michinoku Entertainment Festival (image) Kitakami Tourism Association
autumn Tono Festival (video) Tono Television Inc.
Yamada Hachiman Shrine Festival ・ Osugi Shrine Festival Hiroshi Fujieda (heart building)
Hanamaki Festival (image) Hanamaki City Industry Department Tourism Division
winter Kuroishi Temple Suminsai (video) Mizusawa City Living Industry Department Commerce, Industry and Labor Division Tourism Products Office
Title of book Issue Year of issue
Iwate Festival / Event Survey Report Iwate Cultural Property Protection Association March 2000
"Iwate Trip-Natural Kingdom, Iwate-" Iwate Prefecture Tourism Federation 2000
Encyclopedia of Shin-Iwate Trip Iwate Tourism Promotion Executive Committee October 1996
"-Travel Kingdom Iwate separate volume-Festival of Iwate" Iwate Business, Industry, Labor and Tourism Department Tourism Division
"New edition Iwate Encyclopedia" IBC Iwate Broadcasting October 1988

Historical culture

Country / prefecture designated cultural property

Title of book Issue Year of issue
"Iwate Yearbook-2002 Edition-" Iwate Nipposha October 2001
"-Iwate Heritage to the future-walking in ancient times and the Middle Ages" Iwate Nipposha September 2001
"-Iwate Heritage to the Future-Ruins tell" Iwate Nipposha October 2000
"-Heritage of Iwate to the Future-History and Treasures of Morioka Sakai" Iwate Nipposha June 1998
"Iwate's cultural property" Iwate Prefecture Board of Education

Touch history and know your hometown

Name ・ Item Photo and video providers (titles omitted)
Nara-Heian period Toyodakan ruins Esashi City Commerce and Industry Tourism Division Tourism Section
Yoshitsune Hiraizumi Town Tourism Business Section
Kamakura-Muromachi period Kosuiji Castle ruins Shinami Town Planning Division Tourism Section
Edo Period One statue Tanohata Village Planning and Tourism Division
Oshima Takato portrait picture Morioka City Presbyterian Memorial Hall
Meiji-early Showa Bustling horse market Onodera Kazumasa
Title of book Issue Publication author Year of issue
"-Iwate Heritage to the future-walking in ancient times and the Middle Ages" Iwate Nipposha September 2001
"-Iwate Heritage to the Future-Ruins tell" Iwate Nipposha October 2000
"Prefectural History 3 History of Iwate Prefecture" Yamakawa Publishing Company Takeshi Hosoi Hiroyuki Ito Fumio Kanno Hiroshi Suzuki August 1999
"Iwate history tour" Iwate Nipposha December 1998
"-Heritage of Iwate to the Future-History and Treasures of Morioka Sakai" Iwate Nipposha June 1998
"Prefectural history 100 years 100 years of Iwate prefecture" Yamakawa Publishing Company Yoshie Nagae Akiaki Miura Takao Fujiwara Takao Urata Keizo Hayasaka Keizo Watanabe November 1995
"The history of Iwate prefecture" Kawade Shobo Shinsha (Responsibility edit) Mr. Hosoi October 1995
"The whole of Hiraizumi-Chuson-ji, Moko-ji-" Chusonji Temple, Motsuji Temple July 1986
"The history prefecture history series 3 of Iwate prefecture" Yamakawa Publishing Company Mori Kabei March 1977

Iwate-related people

Name ・ Item Photo and video providers (titles omitted)
Arts and Literature Tottori Haruyo Niisatomura Board of Education
Naganuma Moritaka Morioka City Presbyterian Memorial Hall
Nomura Hudo Morioka City Presbyterian Memorial Hall
Kenji Miyazawa Hayashifusha
Yamaguchi Aoi Japan Contemporary Poetic Literature Museum
Yoshida Yamada Morioka City Presbyterian Memorial Hall
Economy Ueda Tsunetaka
Oshima Takato
Kajima Seiichi
Miki Takashi Nippon Steel Corp. Bar Wire Division Kamaishi Works
Scholar / Doctor Oshima Fumihiko Ichinoseki City Museum
Ono Seiichiro Morioka City Presbyterian Memorial Hall
Kimura Yasuken Toji temple
Kazuna Kanada Kyosuke Morioka City Presbyterian Memorial Hall
Sato Shosuke
Sukawa Naganosuke Izumin Shigeo
Tatsunori Tashin Morioka City Presbyterian Memorial Hall
Naka Tsuyoshi
Nitobe Inazo
Shunjiro Mita
politician Goto Shinpei Mizusawa City Board of Education Corporate Education Section Cultural Property Section
Minoru Saito Saito Sakai Memorial Hall
Takahira Kogoro Ichinoseki City Museum
Takashi Hara Morioka City Presbyterian Memorial Hall
Mitsumasa Uchiuchi
Sports Kuji Jiro
Mifune Hisashi Mifune Tendan Memorial Hall
religion Island land silent lightning Morioka City Presbyterian Memorial Hall
Title of book Issue Publication author Year of issue
"Secondary reader Morioka's predecessor" Morioka City Junior High School First Meeting Shigeru Fujii November 2000
"Iwate your character" Kumagaya Printing & Publishing Department Urata Keisan Fujii Shigeru November 1988
"New edition Iwate Encyclopedia" IBC Iwate Broadcasting October 1988
"One hundred Iwate predecessors" Iwate Nipposha December 1987
"Morioka's predecessors" Morioka City Presbyterian Memorial Hall October 1987
Person of Mizusawa Mizusawa

■ Life culture

Iwate textiles and dyeing

Title of book Issue Publication author Year of issue
"Iwate specialties" Iwate Prefectural Office of Commerce and Industry Tourism Division March 1991
"New edition Iwate Encyclopedia" IBC Iwate Broadcasting October 1988
"-The world of beauty and beauty-Handwork of Iwate" Iwate Cultural Property Protection Association August 1988
"Iwate's Traditional Industry-Focusing on the Bile Area-" Kumagaya Printing & Publishing Department Masami Ikeda January 1955
Galaxy Iwate brand Galaxy Iwate brand

local cuisine

Title of book Issue
"-Iwate food culture dispatch-food master" No. 1-No. 6 Iwate Prefecture Agricultural Administration Department Agricultural Extension Technology Division
Iwate food culture full load guide Iwate Prefecture Agricultural Administration Department Agricultural Extension Technology Division

Iwate's house

Title of book Issue Year of issue
Iwate's Historic <Architectural> Handbook Iwate Architects Association September 2001
"Research project report concerning preservation, utilization measures such as Iwate traditional buildings" Acupuncture plan office March 1999
"New edition Iwate Encyclopedia" IBC Iwate Broadcasting October 1988
"Architecture, travel to Iwate" Iwate Architects Association October 1987
"Iwate Prefectural Museum Research Report No. 17" Iwate Prefectural Museum December 1999

Iwate dialect

Title of book Issue Publication author Year of issue
"Introduction to Morioka Language (1)
-Greetings, development of conversations-verbs-
Shinzansha Tsutomu Kurosawa November 2001
"The word of Miyako 2" Tadashi Sakaguchi Tadashi Sakaguchi August 2001
"-Japanese Language Series 3-Iwate Prefecture" Meiji Shoin Teruo Hirayama Takaya Saito June 2001
"Japanese 草 草-Southern dialect, old language, common language, literary language- Iwate Nipposha Tsutomu Kurosawa March 1994
Folklore of Iwate Prefecture 偕 成 company Japan Children's Literature Association July 1959
"Iwate Story of Iwate" Japanese standard Iwate Elementary School Japanese Language Education Study Group October 1977

Iwate folk song

Title of book Issue Year of issue
"Japanese Folk Song Taikan Toho Hen" Japan Broadcasting and Publishing Association September 1992
"Iwate folk song" Iwate Minshuku Association April 1977

Iwate's song

Title of book Planning and production Year of issue
"Oraho no Furusutauta" Meeting familiarization to Morioka dialect Conservation tradition project business promotion committee March 31, 2002
"Oraho no Warabeuta" Meeting familiarization to Morioka dialect Conservation tradition project business promotion committee March 31, 2002

Origin of place name

Title of book Issue Publication author Year of issue
"Iwate's Encyclopedia" Iwate Nipposha Yoshimon Shinmon October 1997
"Kadokawa Japan Geographical Dictionary 3 Iwate Prefecture" Kadokawa Shoten Kadokawa Japan Gazette Dictionary Compilation Committee March 1985
"The name of the place in Iwate" Kumagaya Printing & Publishing Department Kojima Shunichi January 1983
Galaxy Iwate Information Square Iwate Prefecture

Iwate Highway

Name ・ Item Photo and video providers (titles omitted)
Kesenmichi Ofunato Ofunato Mayor Anji Sanmon Hiroshi Fujieda (heart building)
Mori Highway Seta rice Sumita Town Seta Yonekura
Tono highway Wayama Old road near the three teahouses of Wayama
Sennin Pass Kamaishi City Sennin-an
Miyako Kaido Hanahara Hanahara City Kashinin
Sanrikuhama Highway Oiso Oiso Town, Oiso Castle Fort
Yamada Yamada Osawa's hexagonal tower
Tanohata One statue Tanohata Village Planning and Tourism Division
Kakaku Kaido Yufa Se Bridge Yufa Se Bridge Matsumoto Shin (P-BOX)
Peace highway Hiyama Ichitotsuka Hiyama Ichitotsuka Takahashi Yasuyuki
Echinakabata Gobansho trace Echinakabata Gobansho trace
Akita Highway Yufa Se Bridge Yufa Se Bridge Matsumoto Shin (P-BOX)
Title of book Issue Publication author Year of issue
"Tohoku's Highway-A Cultural History of the Road" Tohoku Construction Association (Supervision) Watanabe Nobuo July 1998
"New edition Iwate Encyclopedia" IBC Iwate Broadcasting October 1988

■ Cultural activity information

Iwate culture group information

Book name / system name Issue Year of issue
Iwate art culture activity record collection 2002 Iwate Arts and Culture Association 2003
Summary of culture administration (2003 version) Iwate Prefecture Board of Education 2003
Lifelong learning information provision system Iwate Prefectural Lifelong Learning Promotion Center

Facility information

Viewing facility information

Title of book Issue Year of issue
Summary of culture administration (2003 version) Iwate Prefecture Board of Education 2003
Name ・ Item Photo and video providers (titles omitted)
Morioka City Tonan Historical Folklore Museum Person in charge of Morioka-shi Board of Education culture section cultural assets
Morioka City Animal Park Morioka City Zoo Park Corporation
Goshokogawamura Museum of Art Goshokogawamura Museum of Art
Koiwai Farm Exhibition Museum Koiwai Nomoku Co., Ltd. Tourism Department
Nishine Town Museum of History and Folklore Nishine Town Planning & Commerce Division
Tamayama Village Museum of History and Folklore Tamayama Village Industry and Commerce Tourism Development Section
Iwate Prefectural Agriculture Museum Iwate Prefectural Agricultural Contact Park Agricultural Science Museum
Ohsako Town Mountain Museum Osako town planning business and industry sightseeing section
Open space Jomonkan of Emeishan history Person in charge of Kitakami city Board of Education culture section cultural assets
Kitakami city Ezuriko historic center
Mizusawa City Saito Sakai Memorial Hall Mizusawa City Living Industry Department Commerce, Industry and Labor Division Tourism Products Office
Mizusawa City Samurai Housing Museum
Mizusawa City Buried Cultural Property Research Center
Igawagawa Kaitokukan Igawagawa Industrial Construction Division
Gorizawa Town native district museum Gorizawa Town Board of Education Corporate Education Section Culture Section
Folklore and Culture Museum Ichinoseki City Industry Department Tourism Division Tourism Section
Hiraizumi Museum of Culture Hiraizumi Tourist Rest Center Co., Ltd.
Sakai Higashiyama Sensei Memorial Hall Daito Town Commerce, Industry, and Forestry Administration Division
Sumita Town Folklore Museum Sumita Town General Affairs Division
Iwate Prefectural Fisheries Science Center Iwate Prefectural Fisheries Science Center
Shinsato villager museum Shinsato-mura Planning Division
Sand and Iron History Data Tatarakan Kuji City Business and Industry Tourism Division
Tane City Municipal History Folklore Museum Tane City Town Fisheries & Industry Division
Marine Rose Park Noda Tamagawa Noda Village Agriculture, Forestry and Industry Division
Ninohe City Museum of History and Folklore Ninohe City Business and Industry Tourism Division
Kanegasaki Township Hometown Hall Kanegasaki-cho Central Lifelong Education Center, Culture Section
Kanegasaki Town Kashiwajima Shizaburo Memorial Hall
Kanegasaki Town Chida Shoma Memorial Hall
Kuzumaki Town Local Museum Kuzumaki Town Planning Finance Section

Public culture facility information

Title of book Issue Year of issue
Summary of culture administration (2003 version) Iwate Prefecture Board of Education 2003

Name ・ Item Photo and video providers (titles omitted)
Takizawa Hometown Exchange Center (Chaguchagu Hall) Takizawa Village Business, Tourism Division
Hanamaki City Cultural Hall Hanamaki City Industry Department Tourism Division
Kitakami City Hall Person in charge of Kitakami city Board of Education culture section cultural assets
Yuda Culture Creation Hall (Galactic Hall) Yudacho Industrial Tourism Division
Mizusawa City Culture Hall (Z Hall) Mizusawa City Living Industry Department Commerce, Industry and Labor Division Tourism Products Office
Esashi City Sports Culture Center Esashi City Commerce and Industry Tourism Division Tourism Section
Maezawa Town Contact Center (Cherry Hall) Maezawa Town Board of Education Corporate Education Division
Ichinoseki Culture Center Ichinoseki City Industry Department Commercial Tourism Division Tourism Section
Rikuzentakata City Hall Rikuzentakata City Hall
Tono City Center Tono citizen center citizen life section
Kamaishi Citizen's Culture Hall Hiroshi Fujieda (heart building)
Miyako Citizen's Culture Hall Miyako Citizen's Culture Hall
Yamada Town Central Public Hall Yamada Town Central Public Hall
Fichino Citizen's Culture Hall Ninohe City Business and Industry Tourism Division

Human resources information

Instructor information

system-name Issue
Lifelong learning information provision system Iwate Prefectural Lifelong Learning Promotion Center

Publication information

Administrative organization publications information

system-name Issue
Iwate Prefecture Administrative Data Search System Iwate General Policy Office Public Relations Division
Book Information System Iwate Prefectural Library