Pottering of a bicycle in Aomori (Iwate). Vol.８
The Morioka Shinkin Bank (former Morioka Savings Bank) head office is located near the former head office of Iwate Bank (former Morioka Bank), and it is still in operation. It was completed in 1927 with the design of Manji Kasai mentioned above. It is covered with granite and looks like a Greek temple.
岩手銀行（旧盛岡銀行）旧本店の近くには盛岡信用金庫（旧盛岡貯蓄銀行）本店があり、こちらは今も現役で使われている。前述の葛西萬司の設計で竣工は昭和２年（1927）。花こう岩に覆われ、まるでギリシャ神殿のような風格だ。
The Shizukuishigawa river, Kitakawagawa river, and Nakatsugawa river flow through Morioka City, and it joins about 1km southeast of Morioka Station. After that, it becomes the Kitakamigawa river and flows from Oppa Bay in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture to the Pacific Ocean. There is a promenade in Nakatsugawa river, so I will try to ride a bicycle.
盛岡市内には雫石川、北上川、中津川が南北に流れ、盛岡駅の南東１㎞ほどのところで合流する。その後、北上川として宮城県石巻市の追波湾（おっぱわん）から太平洋に注ぐ。中津川には河原に散策路が整備されているので自転車で巡ってみることにする。
From the promenade, you can see an old building surrounded by white walls (photo). There is a willow tree on the waterside, and it looks like a "historical drama". Later, I found out that this building is a shop that has been around since the Edo period selling bamboo crafts and other miscellaneous goods. The shop is still in active business and also sells online.
その散策路から、白壁塀に囲まれた古い建物が対岸に見える（写真）。水辺に柳の木があり、まるで時代劇に出てくるような景色だ。後にこの建物が「ござ九」という昔ながらの竹細工などの雑貨品を扱う江戸時代からの商家だと知る。今も現役で商いをしていて、インターネットでも販売している。
This building with a watchtower is the fire brigade's guardroom "Konyacho Banya". It is a wooden building from 1927, but it is still used in active service. In the past, you could have a good view of the city from the watchtower, but nowadays tall buildings are an obstacle. The number of fire Squad members is decreasing all over the country, If it is this building, there may be young people who want to join.
望楼のあるこの建物は消防団の詰所「紺屋町番屋」。大正２年（1927）の木造建築だが今でも現役で使われている。当時は望楼から市内がよく見渡せたのだろうが現代では高い建物に阻まれる。全国各地で消防団の成り手がいないと言われるが、こんな建物が詰所だったら入ってみたいという若者も案外いるのではないだろうか。
"Wanko Soba" is famous in Iwate. "Wanko Soba" in Iwate, "Togakushi Soba" in Shinshu and "Izumo Soba" in Shimane are said to be "three major soba noodles in Japan". If you eat Wanko Soba, you will conquer the three major soba noodles, but you don't feel like eating it alone. Someday I want to visit with my friends and eat with a sense of play. (Photo / Wanko soba shop "Azumaya" popular with tourists. There is a line)
岩手というとわんこそば。信州の戸隠そばと島根の出雲そばとともに日本三大そばと言われる。わんこそばを食べれば三大そばを制覇するが、一人でわんこそばは気が引ける。いつか誰かと一緒に遊び感覚で食してみたいものである。（写真／観光客に人気のわんこそば店「東家」。行列が出来ている）
The Kaiunbashi Bridge, which connects the city and Morioka Station and spans the Kitakami River, is similar to the Eidaibashi Bridge on the Sumida River. The current bridge was built in 1953, but the first bridge was built in 1890 by the prefectural governor at his own expense with the opening of Morioka Station. It sounds like a good story to hear, but I'm surprised that I was collecting tolls.
市街地と盛岡駅を結び北上川に架かる開運橋は、隅田川の永代橋のような風貌の橋。現在の橋は昭和28年（1953）のものだが、初代は明治23年（1890）の盛岡駅開業にともない、当時の県知事が私費で造ったものだという。こう聞くと美談のように感じるが、通行料１銭を徴収していたというから驚きだ。
After all, I don't eat in the city, I get off my bike and eat at Kirin City inside Morioka Station. The bubbles toast with a beautiful beer and I think back to this trip. I didn't want to eat Wanko soba or Morioka Jajamen in Morioka city because of the station soba I ate at Miyako station this morning. That's why I ordered 10 kinds of vegetable black beer curry (photo). Now, I'm going home on the Shinkansen. The last fun awaits.
結局市内で食事をせず、自転車を輪行袋に仕舞い、盛岡駅構内のキリンシティで打上げを催す。泡が本格派のビールで乾杯しこの旅を振り返る。市内散策でわんこそばや盛岡じゃじゃ麺に目がいかず、10種野菜の黒ビールカリー（写真）を注文したのは、今朝、宮古駅で食べた駅そばが影響していたのだと初めて気がつく。さあ、これから一気に新幹線で帰路に着く。最後の楽しみが待っている。
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