IwateCulture & HistoryOshu
Esashi Fujiwara
A site with reconstructed Heian architecture, where the world of the Northern Fujiwara can be walked through.
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Before tracing culture and history — how shrines and temples differ, and how to pay respects
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Kamaishi City Iron and Steel History Museum
A museum of the history of ironmaking in Kamaishi, the place where a Western-style blast furnace first operated in Japan.
Iwate
Hashino Iron Mine Information Center
The Hashino iron mine, where a Western-style blast furnace went into operation in 1858. It is inscribed as a World Cultural Heritage site.
Miyako
Miyako-shi Saigai Shiryo Denshokan
An archive opened in 2025. About 130 items cover not only the Sanriku tsunami but the range of disasters the city has seen.
Miyako
Hei River Auto Campground
A drive-in campsite along the Hei River in Miyako. Each pitch has power, and a hot spring adjoins.
Miyako
Okunai Tamokuteki Undojo Korokoro
A 1,000-square-metre indoor ground in Miyako. Artificial turf means the weather never stops play.
Miyako
Miyako City Omo-e Marine Experience Center Enyado
A hands-on centre in Omoe, Miyako. Try seafood processing, and buy live fish and wakame direct.
Ichinoseki
Farm Restaurant Yumemiru Otome-no-Yakata
A farmhouse restaurant in a 200-year-old house in Ichinoseki, serving mochi dishes and showing village life.
Ninohe
Sakata Shikkiten
A lacquerware shop in Joboji, Ninohe. In the town that produces more lacquer than anywhere in Japan, it keeps Joboji-nuri alive.
Yamada
Uranohama Beach
A swimming beach in Yamada, reopened in 2017, with an oyster hut and a science museum nearby.
Ichinoseki
Aijo Ringo-en
An apple orchard in Ichinoseki overlooking the Tategamori farm, with picking on autumn weekends.