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Iwate Top 10

  1. Iwate Prefecture Top 10 Attractions
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    Iwate Prefecture Top 10 Attractions

    Morioka
  2. The Great Wanko Soba Food Challenge
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    The Great Wanko Soba Food Challenge

    Morioka
  3. Morioka Autumn Festival
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    Morioka Autumn Festival

    Morioka
  4. Genbikei Gorge
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    Genbikei Gorge

    Activities
  5. Kitakami Michinoku Geino Festival
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    Kitakami Michinoku Geino Festival

    Kitakami
  6. Morioka's Sansa Odori
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    Morioka's Sansa Odori

    Morioka
  7. Iwate Snow Festival
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    Iwate Snow Festival

    Culture
  8. Chūson-ji Temple in Hiraizumi
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    Chūson-ji Temple in Hiraizumi

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  9. Kappa Monster Hunting in Tono
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    Kappa Monster Hunting in Tono

    Tono
  10. Hiking Mount Iwate
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    Hiking Mount Iwate

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Upcoming Iwate Events

Morioka Autumn Festival
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Morioka Autumn Festival

Chris Barnes

Each year in September, the streets of Morioka come alive to celebrate the arrival of Autumn. The Morioka Aki Matsuri of the Morioka..

Morioka Hachimangū Sep 14th - Sep 16th 1 Free
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Where to eat in Iwate

Hot Jaja, Morioka
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Hot Jaja, Morioka

Justin Velgus

Hot Jaja is a restaurant specializing in Jajamen noodles. Located right in front of JR Morioka Station, it's the perfect p..

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About Iwate

Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Tohoku
Island Honshu
Capital Morioka
Population 1,330,147
Area 15,275.01 sq. km
Main Station Morioka Station

Iwate Prefecture (岩手県, Iwate-ken) is perhaps most famous for Chuson-ji and Motsu-ji, which are two of the five sites that make up the World Heritage Site “Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi.”

Iwate is enjoyable any time of the year - ski at Appi Ski Resort in the winter, marvel at Tenshochi’s cherry blossoms in the spring, swim in the pristine waters of Jodogahama Beach and cool down in Ryusendo Limestone Cave in the summer, and hike at Mount Iwate while being surrounded by fall foliage in autumn.

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