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Iwate Prefecture is rich in hot springs! This is the inn you want to visit!

Iwate Prefecture has many famous hot spring resorts nationwide. When traveling in Iwate Prefecture, where the cold season is long, it's best to soak in a hot spring to warm your body slowly. This time we'll be in Iwate Prefecture...

HarumakiHarumaki2017.04.12

Is there a blue cave in Iwate too? From Jodogahama to the unexplored region by “Sappafune”

Speaking of Blue Caves, the caves on Capri, Italy are world famous. The view, not only water, but everything from the cave walls to the ceiling, is dyed blue, and is truly breathtaking. Such a mysterious...

sugarsugar2017.04.06

Recommended for improving your luck! A trip to visit power spots in Iwate Prefecture!

A power spot that will boost your luck just by visiting. It's been so popular these days! This time we've gathered some power spots in Iwate Prefecture! A must-see for those who are worried about something or want to get a fresh start...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.12.28

Coppepan

[Iwate Prefecture] Soul food of Morioka citizens? "Fukuda Pan" Coppepan

If you're traveling to Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, you should definitely try Fukuda Bread. Fukuda Bread is soul food for Morioka residents. There are probably 30 people who live in Morioka who have never tried it.

Chimon2016.12.12

Shin-Hanamaki Station

[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. Hanamaki City, in particular, is easily accessible, with Shinkansen Station on the Shinkansen and expressways running through it, and is home to many tourist spots and hot springs. This time, we'll be introducing...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.11.27

Ryusendo Cave

[Iwate] Ryusendo Cave, one of the three largest limestone caves in Japan

Ryusen Cave is a stalactite cave located in Iwaizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture, and is also known as Iwaizumi Wakkutsu. With a total length of about 1,200m and an elevation difference of about 249m, it is located in Akiyoshido and Kochi prefectures in Yamaguchi Prefecture...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.10.14

Tono hometown village

[Iwate] “Tono Furusato Village” where you can experience “Maburitto” and mountain village life

Tono Hometown Village in Iwate Prefecture is a facility that recreates the old-fashioned lifestyle of Tono, where you can participate in numerous experience programs. By actually doing farming work, we live in the mountains...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.10.14

Geibikei Gorge

"Yohanekei" in Ichinoseki City, where even neighbors even have strangers [Iwate Prefecture]

Geibikei is a valley about 2km wide in the middle Sutetsu River, located in Higashiyamacho, Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, and was a hidden area that even those who lived nearby were known to have known before the Meiji period. ...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.10.11

Motsuji Temple (entrance)

Mokoshiji Temple, the world heritage site with Japan's oldest garden, the Jodo Garden [Iwate Prefecture]

Motsuuji Temple, located in Hiraizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture, is a Tendai sect temple with its main image of Yakushi Nyorai statue, and is said to have been founded in 850 by Jikaku Daishi Ennin. ...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.10.05

Mt. Iwate

[Iwate] The famous mountain “Mt. Iwate” also called Iwate Fuji

Iwate is one of the 100 most famous mountains in Japan that Iwate boasts. Mt. Iwate is also known as Iwate Fuji, and is a symbolic presence for Iwate Prefecture. The spectacular view of the mountain can be viewed from Morioka City, and...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2016.09.14

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