It is said that at the end of Heian period, Tokuhime, the wife of Norimichi Iwaki built it to memorialize her husband who had passed away. The beautifully carved roof of the main hall and elegant garden of the Jodo (Pure Land Buddhism) style surrounding the building can be seen.

Nakoso-no-Seki is well-known as a special place associated with waka poetry by Minamoto-no-Yoshiie, a chief warrior in the Edo period, as well as Ono-no-Komachi, Izumi-Shikibu and others. The literature history museum gives a glimpse of poems that speak of traveling, giving visitors a sense of what it was like to take a journey in Japan centuries ago during the Edo period.

Iwaki Lalamew is packed with things to do. Look! Play! Taste!
Let's create special memories and shop for souvenirs!