[Iwate Prefecture] Soul food of Morioka citizens? "Fukuda Pan" Coppepan
If you come to Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, you must try Fukuda Pan. Fukuda bread is soul food for Morioka people. I am a person living in Morioka and this...
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[Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture] I want to go again and again! 5 hot spring inns in Hanamaki with many repeat guests
Iwate Prefecture is famous as the hometown of Kenji Miyazawa. Among them, Hanamaki City has good access to transportation such as Shin-Hanamaki Station on the Shinkansen and the expressway, and there are many tourist spots...
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[Iwate] Ryusendo Cave, one of the three largest limestone caves in Japan
Ryusendo Cave is a limestone cave located in Iwaizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture, and is also known as Iwaizumi Spring Cave. With a total length of approximately 1,200m and a height difference of approximately 249m...
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[Iwate] “Tono Furusato Village” where you can experience “Maburitto” and mountain village life
Tono Furusato Village in Iwate Prefecture is a facility that recreates the traditional lifestyle of Tono, where you can participate in a number of experiential programs. Actually farming...
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Geibikei, a hidden gem in Iwate that even some locals don't know about
Geibikei Gorge, which is said to have been an unexplored region even before the Meiji era, and was unknown even to those who lived nearby, was designated as the first national scenic spot in Iwate Prefecture (in 1923)...
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Mokoshiji Temple, the world heritage site with Japan's oldest garden, the Jodo Garden [Iwate Prefecture]
Motsuji Temple, located in Hiraizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture, is a Tendai sect temple whose principal image is a standing statue of Yakushi Nyorai, and was founded in 850 by Jikaku Daishi Ennin.
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[Iwate] The famous mountain “Mt. Iwate” also called Iwate Fuji
Iwate is one of Japan's 100 most famous mountains. Mt. Iwate, also known as Iwate Fuji, is a symbol of Iwate Prefecture. The majestic shape of the mountain is...
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[Iwate] Genbikei, a famous place named by Date Masamune as a scenic spot within the domain
Genbikei, which Date Masamune named as a scenic spot within his domain Genbikei is a valley in Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture. The Iwai River, which flows from Mt. Kurikoma, stretches for 2 kilometers on both banks...
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[Iwate Prefecture] Chusonji, a world heritage site famous as the temple of the third generation of the Oshu Fujiwara clan
Chusonji, located in Hiraizumi-cho, Nishiiwai-gun, Iwate Prefecture, is the head temple of the Tendai sect of Tohoku. It is the Oshu 33 Kannon number outside temple, and the name of the mountain is Sekizan (Ka...
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