Plateau Spots in Iwate Area

  • Hiraniwa Highland
    Travel / Tourism
    Yamagata cho Kuji shi Iwate prefecture
    Hiraniwa Highland is on an 800-meter high plateau. Its home to Japan’s largest white birch forest, with a total of over 310,000 trees that stretch alone National Route 281 for around four kilometers. The Japanese azaleas in June and the fall leaves are truly stunning sights.
  • Appikogen
    Travel / Tourism
    Iwate Hachimantai-shi Appikogen
  • Taneyama Takanbaru
    Travel / Tourism
    Iwate Oshu-shi
  • Terasawa Takanbaru
    Travel / Tourism
    Iwate Tono-shi
  • ArakawaKogen
    Travel / Tourism
    Iwate Tono-shi
  • TashirotaiKogen
    Travel / Tourism
    Iwate Hachimantai-shi
  • TakamoriKogen
    Travel / Tourism
    Iwate Ninohe-gun Ichinohemachi

Iwate Areas

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A northern Tohoku prefecture promising peace and quiet, Iwate is sparsely populated, replacing people with snow-capped mountains, history-rich sites, and fields of crops that are to thank for the region’s delicious local cuisine. Meander along the three-city Golden Route, where you’ll visit the grand Buddhist temples of Hiraizumi and the Tono folk villages before tasting the three famed noodle dishes of Morioka.

Iwate Photo Album

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