8 Activities Yugendo Cave Chris Barnes Yugendo Cave is a limestone cave located in Higashiyama Town, Iwate Prefecture. The cave has a layer from the mid-Paleozoic er..
8 Culture Morioka's Hachimangu Shrine Chris Barnes Explore Morioka's Hachimangu Shrine, one of the finest and most relaxing thanks to the lack of crowds.
Activities Sakurayama Shrine Justin Velgus The Sakurayama Shrine is located a twenty minute walk from Morioka station. From the street it looks unimpressive, but a few hidden..
Beauty & Spa Geto Onsen Aric Denfield Located in the heart of the stunning Kurikoma National Park, Geto Onsen is an unusual, quirky and beautiful place for a long, hot..
Culture Hiraizumi: Chuson-ji Andrew Checkley On a wooded hill in Iwate, you can find the unfaded remnants of an ancient golden age.
Culture Iwate's Ryusendo Cave Jessee Lyman When you get to the little isolated town of Iwaizumi, you will never believe that it contains one of Japan’s Three Great Limes..
Activities Hiking Mount Iwate Malcome Larcens Mount Iwate is 2,038 meters tall and can be accessed from 6 different trails. I have always hiked it from the East side via a trail..