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Seinan Hot Spring, Kaiun no Yu

3.0

5 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Iwate Pref. Moriokashi Motomiya 3-8

Morioka Hot Spring is south of Morioka Station across the Shizukuishi River and draws hot spring water up from 1,200 meters from the ground. The spring water is alkaline with radon components. It is particularly effective for neuralgia, muscle pain, sensitivity to the cold, and other ailments. The hot spring has a bedrock bath, a cauldron pool sauna, and reservable private rooms with baths are also available, making this the perfect place for families and couples to relax. There is also a dinning hall and massage parlor. A great place to enjoy yourself as you visit the town.

旧・奥州街道をランニングで旅した際に立ち寄りました。今回は盛岡駅まで走って新幹線で帰宅予定。汗を流してから乗りたかったので駅から徒歩圏内のお風呂を探したところここに行きつきました。雫石川を渡る長い橋を渡る必要はありますがギリギリ徒歩圏内と言えるでしょう。
Morioka Study Museum of Archeological Site

4.0

10 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Iwate Morioka-shi Motomiya Araya 13-1

"The museum is located in ""Morioka Central Park"" in Hongu-araya, Morioka City. The museum exhibits excavated materials from the Odate Town Ruins, a historical site designated by the prefecture, as well as other ruins excavated in the city. In addition to thematic and special exhibitions, the museum also offers hands-on learning opportunities such as pottery making. There is also a library with access to historical materials."

入口が道路とは反対側にあるので、ちょっと見過ごしてしまいがちですが、結構おもしろい博物館です。土器や石器がたくさんあって、時代ごとの変遷も併せて学べます。
Genbikei Rest House

3.0

13 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Iwate Pref. Ichinosekishi Gembichou Kounosu 132

This rest house is located in Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture. You can look out on Genbi Gorge, a designated scenic natural monument. In addition to souvenirs from Ichinoseki available for purchase, enjoy meals such as suba buckwheat noodles and curry and dishes using Maesawa beef while gazing out on the gorge and the clear emerald green flow of the Iwai River from the observation dining area on the second floor.

せっかくの旅が、この店に来て気分が悪くなりました。店頭に常時いるらしい男性店員の態度があまりに酷かったからです。マスクの付け方が多少不十分だっただけで「マスク！」と上から目線の命令。当然最後に土産を買うつもりで、まずトイレを借りたいと尋ねると「公園にあるから」と、とりつくしまもない。わざわざ悪い気分になりたくて旅はしないですよね...
Esashi-Fujiwara Heritage Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Iwate Pref. Oushushi Esashi-ku Iwayadou Konamaru 86-1

The Esashi-Fujiwara Heritage Park, which is near the World Heritage Site Hiraizumi, is a theme park that allows visitors to feel the history of the Tohoku region. You can try on actual ceremonial wear (Juni-hitoe and Sokutai), do clamshell decorating, try archery, wear armor, and more to experience the refined grace of the Heian period. The restaurant serves famous Esashi cuisine and Heian-period food. It’s about 20 minutes by car from the Mizusawa Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway.
Roadside Station Miyamori

3.5

9 Reviews

Transportation

Iwate Pref. Tonoshi Miyamorichoushimomiyamori 30-37-1

This roadside station is located in Tono City, Iwate Prefecture. It sells processed goods using wasabi (Japanese horseradish), a specialty of the area that boasts the largest production in the Tohoku region, and items such as Tassobe-zuke, wasabi miso and wasabi kasu-zuke line its storefronts. In addition, you can taste unique wasabi beer, which has wasabi extracts, and weitzen beer that utilizes technology from the land of beer, Germany.

この道の駅の脇に、釜石線が通っており、夜になるとライトアップされて幻想的な風景が堪能出来ます。特にSL銀河が通る際は、写真も映えます。個人的には、夜のライトアップされたなか、列車が通過する風景をSL銀河で運行してほしいです。
Roadside Station Kuzumaki Kogen

3.5

9 Reviews

Transportation

Iwate Pref. Iwategunkuzumakimachi Kuzumaki 39 - 159 - 3

Roadside Station Kuzumaki Kogen is located in the town of Kuzumaki, Iwate County. It includes a farmers' market featuring greens, vegetables, dairy products, and food items made from mountain grapes, as well as a range of other facilities, such as a restaurant, park, and rest area. The dairy products sold here are from the popular tourist spot Kuzumaki Highland Meadows, and among the top-selling products are milk, yogurt, and ice cream.

葛巻町の名物のホルモンを買うことができる。持ち帰り用の味付けホルモンもあるので、キャベツなどと一緒にホルモン鍋を自宅で手軽に作ることができる。
Bishamon-do Temple

4.5

7 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Iwate Pref. Hanamakishi Touwachoukitanarushima 5-1

A mixed Shinto shrine and Buddhist temple located a short drive from the Towa Interchange on the Kamaishi Expressway in Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture. The temple's statue of Vaisravana is believed to have been created in the mid-Heian period to protect the northern side of the area; standing 4.73-meter-tall, the statue is made of a single piece of Japanese zelkova and is the largest of its kind in Japan. This statue has also been designated a National Important Cultural Property. The Bishamondo hall has similarly been designated an Important Cultural Property and the hipped roof building is an excellent example of Muromachi period architecture. During golden week each year, the temple holds the Bishamon Festival.

ここの毘沙門堂だけを見るのではなく、この地域一帯の歴史建造物を見ることで、東北の歴史に触れることができます。ちなみに、乳児・幼児の健やかな成長を祈って行われる「泣き相撲」で有名な場所でもあります。
Daijiji Temple

3.5

9 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Iwate Pref. Moriokashi Daijijichou 5-6

The Daijiji Temple, founded in 1673, is famous for its temple gate built in a style known as dragon palace gate. The temple is constructed with gable pantile roofing and the large lower walls are finished in white lime plaster with curved soil wall edges, a style usually seen only on the continent, such as in China. The temple building burnt down in the Meiji fire of 1884 but it was rebuilt and designated as a protected building in Morioka City in 1991. The surrounding area including the temple grounds is also a protected environmental area. The principal object of worship at Daijiji Temple is the bodhisattva Nyoirin Kanzeon.

岩手県盛岡市大慈寺町にある黄檗宗の寺院です。山号は福聚山です。山門がとても印象的で楼門形式のどこか異国風の素敵な門でした。本堂も良い感じです。境内は静かな雰囲気で、原敬の菩提寺であることから境内には原敬の墓所がありました。それほど多くのものがあるわけではないですが、心落ち着く素晴らしい寺院です。
Roadside Station Kuzakai Kogen

3.5

3 Reviews

Transportation

Iwate Pref. Miyakoshi Kadoma Tashiro 2-434-2

This roadside station is located along National Route 106. They offer various specialty products such as perilla and black beans. In the restaurant Beef Village Kuzakai that features a yellow and white appearance, you can get a taste of dishes including Miso Katsudon (pork cutlet rice bowl with thick miso bean sauce) and homemade soba buckwheat noodles. The facility is used not only by tourists but many local residents.

お店の人になぜビーフビレッジなのかきくと昔短角牛の郷だったらしく今はほとんど飼ってないらしいがそのまま残っているらしい。そのためレストランメニューも何品か牛肉料理が残してあるとのこと。盛岡から宮古に抜ける道の最初の道の駅。この周辺には店らしきものはないので休憩場所として利用価値あり。
Morioka Tenmangu Shrine

3.5

8 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Iwate Pref. Moriokashi Shinjouchou 5-43

A seven-minute walk from the Tenmangu-mae bus station, accessible by bus from Morioka Station. At this shrine located on top of a small hill in Morioka City, the god of learning—Sugawara no Michizane is worshipped. Quietly dignified amid the rich greenery, the shrine sits peacefully on a hill overlooking the town. This is a place where Takuboku Ishikawa, a famous poet used to come to read or stroll in his days as a student. The humorous komainu statues perched above a stone inscribed with lyrics written by Takuboku are a sight worth seeing. Takuboku lovingly called them “Ishiuma”, and they are said to have appeared in his novel called “Souretsu.”

境内はこじんまりとしていますが、かわいらしい狛犬の他、石割梅や撫牛など見どころがたくさんあります。私が行った時は天気が悪かったのですが、好天であればもっとゆっくりと見て回れたのになぁ、と少し残念です。御朱印をいただいた際、とても親切に声をかけていただき、気持ちよく参拝できました。
Shinshoji Temple

3.5

7 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Iwate Hanamaki-shi Ishigami Cho 389

A Buddhist temple about a five-minute drive from Hanamaki-Minami Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway. It is said that the temple was built by Nanbu Masamitsu in 1394. It was also Miyazawa Kenji's family temple, and his grave is there along with tombs of the Miyazawa clan. Through this connection with him, it's considered a powerful place for students wishing to improve academically and pray for passing examinations. It's also a well-known cherry blossom spot with numerous weeping cherry trees around the precincts.

日蓮宗の身延山の別院です。5月初め枝垂れ桜の景観は見事に毎年ご覧になれます。毎月1日は一日参りが開催されております。
Hachimantai Aspite Line

Travel / Tourism

Iwate Pref. Hachimantaishi

Hachimantai Aspite Line is a 27 kilometer driving course stretches from Iwate prefecture’s Hachimantai Gozaisho district to Akita Prefecture’s Toroko Onsen. It’s only open from mid-April to early November. From the time it opens to late April, the course is lined with snow to create a “Snow Corridor,” and in autumn the fall colors on Mt. Iwate and the surrounding forests offer an overwhelming sight. It’s 35 minutes’ drive from Tohoku Expressway Matsuo Hachimantai Interchange.
Tendaiji Temple

4.5

6 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Iwate Pref. Ninoheshi Jouboujimachi Oyamakubo 33

This Tendai sect temple enshrines a standing statue of Kannon in the Joboji Town area of Ninohe City, Iwate Prefecture. Famous for the hydrangeas that are best seen in the middle of June, the Ajisai Festival is held every July. In addition, it is the 33rd temple of the Oshu thirty-three holy places of Kannon Pilgrimage, and many worshippers come to this temple as the final place on their pilgrimages.

二戸市の山間部にある古寺です。駐車場から石段をしばらく登った先に境内があります。訪問時は参拝者も少なく落ち着いたアトモスフィアに包まれていました。御朱印あります。
Kanegasaki Onsen Komako-no-Yu

4.0

6 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Iwate Pref. Isawagunkanegasakichou Nishine Wakou 544-1

"A day trip hot spring bathhouse located a 20-minute drive from the Mizusawa Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway. The bathhouse' baths are constantly replenished ""kakenagashi"" style from a salt spring whose waters are said to treat such ailments as nerve pain, muscle soreness, frozen shoulders, chronic digestive diseases, sensitivity to cold, and chronic women's diseases. The bathhouse carries body soap and shampoo and also sells towels and razors. The bathhouse' restaurant serves local Wako gelato, an authentic milk gelato made exclusively with Wako milk."

入浴料５００円の日帰り温泉です。湯温は熱めの４３．５度ほどでわずかに黄色みを帯びた源泉かけ流しの温泉です。浴室にはサウナ、水風呂がありました。あたたまりの強いナトリウム-塩化物温泉です。館内には食堂と休憩処がありました。
Oshu City Warrior Residence Museum

3.5

7 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Iwate Oshu-shi Mizusawa Kichikoji 43

A restored Edo period samurai residence on Ote-dori Street west of JR Mizusawa Station. It is said to have been the residence of Uchida Kannojo, an imperial guard. It's counted as one of the most prestigious samurai residences in Oshu City. About 29 meters wide and 55 meters deep, it features a thatch roofed yakuimon style front gate. Oshu City has designated it a cultural asset to pass on how senior samurai lived in the region during the late Edo period. The adjacent Samurai Residence Museum has an exhibition of valuable historical materials and offers guidance for exploring the area.

この奥州市武家住宅資料館は水沢駅から北西に20分強の場所にあります。武家屋敷の北側に奥州市役所があります。そこがかつての水沢城です。その城の一部が保存されています。この水沢は城下町でその名残が少しだけ残っています。
Fukuda-pan Main Shop at Nagatacho

4.0

216 Reviews

Shopping

Iwate Pref. Moriokashi Nagatachou 12-11

An old bread shop established in 1948 in Nagata Town, Morioka City. The founder originally only developed coffee bread with the mindset of “filling the bellies of students at a low price.” The coffee bread comes in a wide variety of styles, from sweets like “red bean jam & butter”, to sides like ham and egg sandwiches, and the “Original Veggie Sandwich” —a vegetable sandwich with toppings like ground meat cutlets available. With such abundant variation, this shop has become synonymous with Morioka soul food.

朝ごはんに家族で訪問。 8時過ぎで3組ほどの待ち。地元の皆様にも人気なのだろう。ヒトの出入りが激しかった。朝ごはんには甘いものが食べたかったのでキャラメルをトライ。パンがけっこう大きいので食べ終えるのに厳しいぐらいの甘さだったが、coffeeとは相性は抜群。エビカツも一口トライしたが、これも美味！朝ごはんかランチに再訪したい！
Yukiyagawa Dam Forest Park Karumai

3.5

7 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Iwate Kunohe-gun Karumaimachi Kogarumai 20-3-1

A natural forest park located a 15-minute drive from the Karumai Interchange on the Hachinohe Expressway. The park was designed to make use of the beautiful scenery created by the surrounding forest and dam. The grounds have been planted with some 150 thousand tulips which come into beautiful bloom from late April through mid-May. In addition to colorful tulips in spring, visitors can take in seasonal scenery throughout the year such as hydrangeas in summer and fall foliage in autumn. The park is adjoined by a campground and tennis courts and offers a class in which you can try making charcoal.

雪谷川ダムでつくられたダム湖を囲む広大な自然森林公園で、高さ16メートル、羽根の直径が20メートもある風車がシンボルになっています。また、ダム湖に架かる全長154メートルの赤い吊り橋からは、緑豊かな自然景観を眺めることができます。6月末に訪れたのでアジサイが奇麗に咲いていました。
Kiseki-no-ippon-Matsu

Travel / Tourism

Iwate Rikuzentakata-shi Kesencho
Miyako City Fish and Vegetable Market

3.5

38 Reviews

Shopping

Iwate Pref. Miyakoshi Satsukichou 1-1

This market is located in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture. It sells fresh seafood and processed marine products from the early morning. Their item selection includes not only seafood but vegetables and flowers raised by local farmers. It is known as the community kitchen, and is a market where people interact. In addition, they also pack and ship items purchased as souvenirs.

三陸の漁港、宮古市。地元のお魚などがたくさん並ぶ市場。毛ガニ、ホタテ、カキ、エビ、メカジキ、カンパチなどたくさんの魚。宮古と言えば瓶丼。瓶の中に詰まった海鮮丼が有名！いろいろ見てるだけで楽しめます。宮古市に観光に行ったならばぜひ立ち寄りたいスポットです！
Kuzumaki Winery

4.0

5 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Iwate Pref. Iwategunkuzumakimachi Ekari 1-95-55

This winery, located in Hiraniwa Highland in Iwate District, Iwate Prefecture, was established in 1979 as part of a project aimed at town renewal utilizing the area's crimson glory vine grapes. Focused on making wines rooted in the local community, the winery makes wines like Yamabudo Wine made exclusively with crimson glory vine grapes; Hotaru; and Foret, a wine made with European grapes which has won awards in international wine competitions. Visitors can taste and purchase the winery's wines in the on-site shop. With an advance reservation, you can tour the winery and view the production tanks, bottling facility, and even the wine cellar, plus enjoy soba noodles and other dishes at the adjoining restaurant dedicated to local production for local consumption.

珍しい山ぶどうのワインのワイナリーです。ワイン醸造場の見学コースもあります。おススメは常時10種類以上のワインの無料試飲ができることですね。

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Iwate Areas

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.