The is a cluster of landmarks in Iwate Prefecture, Japan connected with the writings of Meiji period author Kenji Miyazawa in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. These locations were collectively designated a Place of Scenic Beauty in 2005.
Overview Ihatov is a quasi-Esperanto name of a fictional land derived from the word "Iwate" as a toponym created by author Kenji Miyazawa. In the author’s works Ihatov is a utopia which ranges from small islands in vast oceans and includes deserts and continents; however, it shares a number of things on common with Iwate, including a tendency towards natural disasters, and a resilient population.
The Place of Scenic Beauty designation spanned six locations in the municipalities of Hanamaki (Miyazawa's birthplace), Ōshū, Shizukuishi, Sumita, Hanamaki Tōno and Takizawa, to which a seventh location was added in 2006. Each of the locations appears in one or more of Miyazawa's poems.
, Takizawa , Shizukuishi , Shizukuishi , Hanamaki , Hanamaki, Tōno, Ōshū , Ōshū, Sumida , Hanamaki
See also List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Iwate) Kenji Miyazawa Esperanto
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