岩手県 · Tohoku Region

Iwate Hidden Gems

A quiet, mountainous prefecture of Buddhist heritage and a rugged Pacific coastline — the second-largest prefecture, and one of the least crowded.

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Climate & Best Season

Cold winters inland, cool summers on the coast; the Kitakami basin sees heavy snow. Best in late spring and autumn.

Hiraniwa sits at eight hundred metres on the shoulder of Mt. Hiraniwa, on the boundary between Kuji and Kuzumaki, and it…

Kuji amber is around 85 million years old, from the Cretaceous, which makes it substantially older than Baltic amber and…

Mamebu is a dumpling of wheat dough wrapped around walnut and black sugar, boiled and served in a clear soy-based broth…