Fujiwara Heritage Park, also known in Japanese as Esashi Fujiwara no Sato, is smart little theme park built as a Heian period city and located in the heart of Iwate in Oshu City, also the birthplace of Kiyohira, the first lord of the Oshu-Fujiwara clan […]
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Geto Onsen is a traditional ryokan offering the chance to anyone visiting to enjoy a natural open-air hot spring bath in the earth of the Yakeishi mountains in Kurikoma Quasi-National Park. Founded in 1134 near by a crystal clear river, the five open air baths of Geto […]
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Iwate prefecture is located in the heart of Tohoku between Aomori and Miyagi. It features some of Japan most majestic coasts and cliffs. It is true however, that the Iwate coastal front, like many other places in the Tohoku region deeply suffered from the devastation of the 2011 tsunami […]
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Located in the majestic Tono valley in the heart of Iwate prefecture, the Tono Furusato village is an old reconstructed Japanese village turned museum that’s open all year long. Often used by Japanese TV as shooting locations for many dramas and movies, the Tono Furusato Village and its many […]
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ocated at the foot of Mt Iwate, the Yakehashiri Lava Flow is the result of an explosion on Mt Iwate that took place in 1732 and spread along its northeastern slope. This 3km long and 1.5km wide lava flow is, depending of the area, between 5 to 10m thick and has been turned into a […]
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ansa Odori is an amazing festival held every August in the city of Morioka. The origins of this festival lie in the legend of Mitsuishi, which gave Iwate its name. There was a demon that was causing problems for the villagers but the god Mitsuishi captured the demon and forced it to swear that it […]
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