“Japan Heritage” Certified by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in FY2016
The “DATE Culture” Fostered by Masamune

Constituent cultural property 30

30 Suenomatsuyama hill

This hill has been regarded as the symbol of romance in poetry. Many literatures and paintings in the Edo period chose this place as their subject matter, depicting pine trees on top of a hill, with tombstones standing in rows at their feet. In his famous work titled “Oku no Hosomichi”, MATSUO Basho described his sad sentiment provoked by the contrast between romance and its impermanence respectively symbolized by the entwined branches of pine trees and by the tombstones.

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Stories :	3 Spreading of Culture After Masamune
Designated :	9 National Place of Scenic Beauty
Categories :	5 Landscape of "Oku no Hosomichi"
Regions :	2 Tagajo City

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Name :	30 Suenomatsuyama hill
Location :	2-294 Yawata, Tagajo City

Location/Ownership/Traditional place

Tagajo City

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Access and Tourists Spots

1. Tagajo Shiyukan (Tagajo Historical Museum)

Facility contains exhibition rooms that display the history of Tagajo City from the Jomon to Edo periods, as well as experiential learning facilities where visitors can learn about the techniques of old times.

2-27-1 Chuo, Tagajo City
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2. Tagajo City Library

This municipal library was moved and reopened in March 2016. The building was designed under the concept of “home”, aiming to be such a comfortable place that everyone wants to come back. Its multi-purpose capability corresponds to various needs of users.

2-4-3 Chuo, Tagajo City
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3. Matsushima Kamaboko Honpo Tagajo Factory

The factory for the famous fish cake is equipped with its own retail store, where visitors can purchase fresh products out of the factory. Our most popular tofu cake “Muu” is also available fresh out of the fryer for purchase. Sasakama fish cake baking experience tour is also available (pay service).

3-5 Ipponyanagi, Yawata-aza, Tagajo City
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4. Teizan Canal

This canal was constructed by the fourth lord of the Sendai domain, DATE Tsunamura, in order to transport the rice produced in the northern part of the domain to the castle town. The name of the canal was taken after the posthumous name of the initiator of the plan, DATE Masamune.

Oshiro, Tagajo City
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