Okayama
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Hawaii Observatory Okayama Branch Office
The Okayama Branch Office of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Asakuchi. It is responsible for observation technology.
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Kyoto University Okayama Observatory Seimei Telescope
The Seimei Telescope in Asakuchi. An optical telescope with an aperture of 3.8 meters, the largest in Japan.
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Okayama University Institute for Planetary Materials Collaborative Exhibit
The Institute for Planetary Materials at Okayama University. It analyzes planetary materials such as meteorites.
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Tsuyama Wonder Museum
The Wonder Museum of nature in Tsuyama. It houses a great number of taxidermy specimens.
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Yanahara Fureai Mine Park
Yanahara Fureai Mine Park in Misaki. It conveys the pyrite mine and the railway that carried the ore.
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Shin-Nariwagawa Dam
Shin-Nariwagawa Dam in Takahashi. An arch dam that serves pumped-storage power generation.
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Kojima Bay Closing Dike
The Kojima Bay closing dike in Okayama. It closed off the bay to make a freshwater lake and manages the water of the reclaimed land.
Iwate
Iwate Industrial Research Institute
A public testing and research institution of the prefecture. It supports the casting of Nanbu ironware and metalworking in the Kitakami River basin.
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Iwachu Ironware Museum
A museum attached to a Nanbu ironware factory. Visitors can see the process from casting mold to finished iron kettle.
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Suzuki Morihisa Workshop
A Nanbu ironware workshop in Morioka. Founded in 1625, it has passed down metal-casting techniques from generation to generation.
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OIGEN Factory Shop
A Nanbu ironware maker in Mizusawa, Oshu. A direct-sales shop is attached to the factory.
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Oigen Foundry Casting Technology
A foundry in Oshu. It makes ironware using its pouring and heat-treatment techniques.
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Iwayado Tansu Production Cooperative
The cooperative for Iwayado tansu chests. Nanbu iron fittings are hammered onto a zelkova wood body.
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Hanamaki Dolls and Hanamaki Kokeshi
Folk toys of Hanamaki. Clay dolls and kokeshi are made. Hanamaki dolls began in the Edo period under the influence of Kyoto's Fushimi dolls.
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Nishiwaga Town Akebi Vine Craft
Akebi vine craft from Nishiwaga. Vines gathered in the mountains are woven into baskets.
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Iwate Kuzumaki Wine
Wild grape wine from Kuzumaki. The town started it as a third-sector, public-private enterprise.
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Koiwai Farm
A farm opened in 1891. Twenty-one buildings, including cattle barns, are Important Cultural Properties, and dairy farming continues today.
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Moguranpia Aquarium and Petroleum Culture Hall
An aquarium in Kuji. It uses an underground tunnel of the national petroleum stockpiling base as it is, and also exhibits how petroleum stockpiling works.
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Kuji National Petroleum Stockpiling Base
A national petroleum stockpiling base built underground in Kuji. Crude oil is stored inside the bedrock.
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Nippon Steel East Nippon Works Kamaishi Area
A steelworks in Kamaishi. It makes wire rod. Japan's modern steelmaking began here.
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Kitakami River Gosho Dam Information Hall
Gosho Dam on the Kitakami River and its museum. The dam serves flood control and power generation.
Iwate
Isawa Dam and Lake Oshu Exchange Hall
A rock-fill dam on the Isawa River. Its embankment volume is among the largest in Japan, and an exchange hall is attached.