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"Hikari-ku" is a hot spring resort in Osawa Onsen, with a history of 200 years! [Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture]

Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture has a hot spring with the unusual name, "Home-Cooking Club." This is the hot spring resort in Osawa Onsen. As the name suggests, customers in the old days cooked their own meals and stayed for a long time. cloth...

NEFT Editorial Department2018.05.22

Motsuji Temple Oizumi Pond

[Hiraizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture] A trip to experience the Pure Land culture left behind by the Oshu Fujiwara clan! Eating at Yumenokaze...

Chusonji Kinjido has long been a cultural asset in Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture. However, in recent years, Mokoshiji Garden has been registered as a World Heritage Site, and as a course touring Hiraizumi Ancient Temple, Mokoshiji Temple is also included in addition to Chusonji Temple...

sugarsugar2018.04.11

Hachimando

Enjoy the world heritage site Hiraizumi! This is the recommended driving route!

In June 2011, Hiraizumi's historic sites in Iwate Prefecture were registered as World Heritage Sites. Some of the most famous historical sites that make up the World Heritage Sites include Chusonji Temple and Mokoshi Temple, but as many tourist destinations as time allows...

HarumakiHarumaki2018.03.17

Tono hometown village

You can meet the original scenery of Japanese people! There are many attractions in Tono, Iwate Prefecture.

Tono city, about an hour's train ride from Shinkamaki Station, has many folk tales and legends. There are many stunning spots, such as old Japanese-style buildings and rivers where kappa are said to have lived...

HarumakiHarumaki2018.03.15

[Iwate] Feel nostalgic. Take a retro stroll around Morioka Station to the Meiji era...

Morioka Station, the center of Iwate Prefecture, once flourished as a castle town of the Nanbu Domain. Even today, there are still historical buildings and the scenery of old townhouses built in the Meiji period, so take a walk...

HarumakiHarumaki2018.01.04

[Iwate] I want to stay at my dream inn! Check out accommodations in Iwate/Hanamaki Onsenkyo

A single-house inn is a single inn in one hot spring resort. The hot spring town is also attractive, with a wide selection of inns, but you can feel a deep atmosphere from the inns that are quietly located in a quiet place...

HarumakiHarumaki2017.12.23

Ogirl Shiwa

Enjoy the charm of Iwate at Ogar Shiwa!

Shiwa Town, located in the heart of Iwate, south of Morioka City, is now growing as a sustainable development town. The name of the project is OGAR Project. City-setting in front of JR Shiwa Chuo Station...

Chimon2017.12.21

[Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture] Zaimokucho Yoichi is a famous event that has been going on for over 40 years! World-class club...

"Zaimokucho Yoichi" is held in Zaimokucho in Morioka City. It is held every Saturday from April to November. The shopping district is about 430 meters long and has over 100 stalls lined up. It's a pedestrian haven...

sugarsugar2017.11.08

[Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture] “Kosode Ama Center” where you can meet the northernmost Ama divers! Ama-chan...

Kosode Ama Center is located in Kuji City (northeast of Iwate Prefecture), adjacent to Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture. The facility faces the Pacific Ocean and is 0 meters above sea level. Due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, there is no trace...

sugarsugar2017.09.26

Gold block

The legend of the golden buried gold of the Fujiwara clan of Oshu! What is Mt. Kinji in Hiraizumi? [Iwate Prefecture]

When you think of Japanese reserves, many people may remember the Tokugawa reserves, but the legend of the buried treasure itself actually remains everywhere in Japan. There are mountains in Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture that still have such legends...

NEFT Editorial Department2017.08.06

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