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25-736: The three hotels, effectively managed as one, are situated in a 10-acre (40,000 m) garden which formerly belonged to Takeda Palace of Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda , a member of the Japanese Imperial Family . The hotels are the flagship properties of the Prince Hotels group which has a recently checkered history due to events at its corporate parent, Seibu Corporation, an affiliate of Seibu Railway and its former chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi . 35°37′53″N 139°44′06″E  /  35.6315°N 139.734997°E  / 35.6315; 139.734997 This article about

50-601: A mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 38 members. Morioka contributes ten seats to the Iwate Prefectural legislature. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Iwate first district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Morioka has eight public high schools operated by the Iwate Prefectural Board of Education. There

75-529: A Japanese building- or structure-related topic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda ( 竹田宮恒徳王 , Takeda-no-miya Tsuneyoshi-ō , 4 March 1909 – 11 May 1992) was the second and last heir of the Takeda-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family . Prince Takeda Tsuneyoshi was the only son of Prince Takeda Tsunehisa and Masako, Princess Tsune (1888–1940),

100-703: A more active role as "Lieutenant Colonel Miyata" – an officer in the Strategic Section of the Operations Division. Gold reports the testimony of a veteran of the Youth Corps of this unit, who testified in July 1994 in Morioka during a traveling exhibition on Shirō Ishii's experiments, that Takeda watched while outside poison gas tests were made on thirty prisoners near Anda . After the war,

125-638: A portion of its gardens in Tokyo survives as a part of the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa , and is open to the public. Morioka Morioka ( 盛岡市 , Morioka-shi ) is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. On 1 August 2023, the city had an estimated population of 283,981 in 132,719 households, and a population density of 320 per square kilometre (830/sq mi). The total area of

150-605: A staff photographer also recalled the day the Prince visited Unit 731's facility at Pingfang , Manchukuo and had his picture taken at the gates. Prince Takeda briefly served as the emperor's personal liaison to the Saigon headquarters of Field Marshal Terauchi Hisaichi , commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group . During that assignment, he observed first-hand the desperate conditions of

175-508: A sub-lieutenant in the cavalry . On 12 May 1934, Prince Takeda married Sanjo Mitsuko. She was the youngest daughter of Prince Sanjo Kimiteru , with whom he had five children (3 sons and 2 daughters): The Prince served a brief tour with a cavalry regiment in Manchuria , and rose to the rank of lieutenant in August 1930 and captain in August 1936. He then graduated from the 50th class of

200-460: A variety of bacterial cultures and viruses during World War II . According to Daniel Barenblatt, Takeda received, with Prince Mikasa , a special screening by Shirō Ishii of a film showing imperial planes loading germ bombs for bubonic plague dissemination over the Chinese city of Ningbo in 1940. Moreover, historian Hal Gold has alleged in his work "Unit 731 Testimony" that Prince Takeda had

225-705: Is also one public high school operated by the city government and ten private high schools [REDACTED] East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Tōhoku Shinkansen [REDACTED] East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Tōhoku Main Line [REDACTED] East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Tazawako Line ( Akita Shinkansen ) [REDACTED] East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Yamada Line [REDACTED] East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Hanawa Line [REDACTED] Iwate Ginga Railway Line Morioka attracts tourists with local noodles such as jajamen , reimen , and wanko soba . Brewing

250-798: The 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , he already had a reputation as the "sports prince". He became president of the Japan Skating Association in 1948 and a member of the north Tokyo Rotary Club . He became president of the Japanese Olympic Committee in 1962 and was an important figure at the Organizing Committees of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo . He

275-753: The Abe clan until their destruction during the Former Nine Years War at the hands of the Minamoto and Kiyohara clans . The Kiyohara were in turn defeated in the Gosannen War and the area came under the control of the Ōshū Fujiwara Clan based in Hiraizumi , to the south of Morioka. After the Ōshū Fujiwara were destroyed by Minamoto no Yoritomo at the start of the Kamakura period , the area

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300-586: The American occupation authorities on 14 October 1947, Prince Tsuneyoshi and his family became commoners. Initially, he retired to his estate in Chiba Prefecture to raise racehorses , thus escaping the financial hardship many of his cousins experienced during the American occupation of Japan . Takeda turned his attention to promoting and developing amateur and professional sports. As a participant in equestrian events as part of Japan's delegation to

325-806: The Army War College in 1938 as the build-up to World War II was beginning. He was promoted to the rank of major in August 1940, and attached to the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff in Tokyo , where he headed the Personnel Department. He became lieutenant colonel in August 1943. Author Sterling Seagrave contends that between 1940 and 1945 Prince Takeda oversaw the looting of gold and other precious items in China, Hong Kong, Vietnam , Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and

350-595: The Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration , Morioka Domain was a key member of the pro-Tokugawa Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei . After the start of the Meiji period , the former Morioka Domain became Morioka Prefecture in 1870, and part of Iwate Prefecture from 1872. With the establishment of the modern municipality system on April 1, 1889, the city of Morioka was established as the capital of Iwate Prefecture. The city

375-641: The Japanese Paleolithic period. Numerous Jōmon , Yayoi and Kofun period tombs and remains have been found. The Emishi inhabited the area into the Heian period . During the Enryaku era of the Heian period, Sakanoue no Tamuramaro , was ordered north to Shiwa Castle in 803 AD, as a military center to extend the domination of the imperial dynasty over Mutsu Province . The area was later ruled by

400-635: The Japanese forces at Rabaul , Guadalcanal , and in Luzon . After his return, he was then assigned to the Kwantung Army headquarters. After Emperor Shōwa's radio address announcing the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945, he went to Shinkyo in Manchukuo to ensure the Kwantung Army's compliance with the surrender orders. With the abolition of the collateral branches of the imperial family by

425-544: The Philippines. Seagrave says that most of this loot was stored in 175 vaults located in the Philippines, and that considerable amounts have since been recovered by former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and others. Prince Takeda held executive responsibilities over Unit 731 in his role as chief financial officer of the Kwantung Army . Unit 731 conducted biological weapons research on human subjects with

450-544: The Takeda-no-miya family is Prince Tsuneyoshi's eldest son, Tsunetada Takeda (b. 1940), a graduate of the Gakushuin and Keio University , with a degree in economics, and formerly employed by Mitsubishi Shoji . He married Kyoko Nezu, the third daughter of Nezu Kaichirō , former chairman of Tobu Railways , and has a son, Tsunetaka Takeda (b. 1967), and daughter, Hiroko Takeda (b. 1971). The former Takeda palace and

475-455: The city from north to south and has a number of dams within the city boundaries, including the Shijūshida Dam and Gandō Dam . An active volcano, Mount Iwate , dominates the view to the northwest of the city. Mount Himekami is to the north and Mount Hayachine can sometimes be seen to the southeast. Iwate Prefecture Per Japanese census data, the population of Morioka peaked at around

500-749: The city is 886.47 square kilometres (342.27 sq mi). Morioka is located in the Kitakami Basin  [ ja ] in central Iwate Prefecture, at the confluence of three rivers, the Kitakami , the Shizukuishi and the Nakatsu . The Kitakami River is the second largest river on the Pacific side of Japan (after the Tone River ) and the longest in the Tōhoku region . It runs through

525-597: The sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji . He was, therefore, a first cousin of Emperor Shōwa . Prince Tsuneyoshi became the second head of the Takeda-no-miya house on 23 April 1919. After being educated at the Gakushūin Peers' School, and serving for a session in the House of Peers , he graduated from the 32nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in July 1930, and received a commission as

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550-719: The year 2000 and has slightly declined since. Morioka has a cold, humid continental climate ( Köppen Dfa ) characterized by warm, short summers and long, cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Morioka is 10.2 °C (50.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,314 millimetres (51.7 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are at their highest on average in August, at around 23.7 °C (74.7 °F), and lowest on average in January, at around −2.4 °C (27.7 °F). The area of present-day Morioka has been continuously inhabited since

575-564: Was also a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1967 to 1981, during which he was director of its executive board for five years. In 1987, the former Prince published a volume of autobiographical essays entitled "Kumo no ue shita: Omoide-banashi" (Above and Below the Clouds: Remembrances). The former prince died of heart failure on 12 May 1992, at the age of 83. The current heir to

600-498: Was connected by train to Tokyo in 1890. The city emerged from World War II with very little damage, having been subject to only two minor air raids during the war. On January 10, 2006, the village of Tamayama was merged into Morioka. Morioka was proclaimed a core city in 2008, with increased local autonomy. During the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake , Morioka was hit by a 6.1 earthquake, and numerous aftershocks, but with little damage other than extensive power outages. Morioka has

625-691: Was disputed by several samurai clans until the Nanbu clan , based in Sannohe to the north, expanded their territory during the Sengoku period and built Kozukata Castle in 1592. Following the Battle of Sekigahara and the formal recognition of Morioka Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate , Kozukata Castle was renamed Morioka Castle . Its name was changed from 森岡 to 盛岡 (both read as "Morioka") During

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