Nanshoso
南昌荘
The residence of a Morioka industrialist from the mid-Meiji period, with an exquisite pond-stroll garden. Visitors can enjoy matcha in a tatami room while viewing the garden in quiet surroundings.
Nanshoso was built around 1885 as the residence of Segawa Yasugorō, a businessman from Morioka. It was later preserved and restored by Iwate-based companies and opened to the public. The main house is a traditional Japanese-style building facing a pond-stroll garden designed with Mount Nanshō as a borrowed landscape. It is especially elegant with fresh greenery in spring and red foliage in autumn. In the tatami rooms, you can order matcha and sweets. Admission is about 300 yen, and it is closed on Mondays. It is about a 10-minute walk from Morioka Castle Ruins Park, and it is quiet with few visitors.
Opening hours
10:00–16:00, closed Mondays
Nearby sights
- Morioka Castle Ruins Park
- Morioka History and Culture Museum
- Morioka Takuboku & Kenji Museum
- Iwate Bank Red Brick Building
- Ishiwarizakura
- Azumaya Honten (Wanko Soba)
- Konyacho & Nakatsu River
- Kaiun Bridge & Kitakami River