Nature & Scenery in Iwate36 entries
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IwateNature & SceneryHachimantai
Hachimantai
Walls of snow appear when the road is cleared in spring. It runs at 1,600 metres.
Kuji
Hiraniwa Kogen Ski Area
A ski area on the Hiraniwa uplands at Kuji. Ten runs, with the Kitakami Mountains in view as you descend.
Ichinoseki
Tobigamori Campground
A campsite at the foot of Mount Murone in Ichinoseki, with lawn and a spring. As the name says, wild birds are many.
IwateNature & SceneryShizukuishi
Iwate Kogen Snow Park
A ski area in Shizukuishi. It has the only two-kilometre gondola in the Morioka-Shizukuishi area, and children ride free.
Ichinoseki
Boyodaira Campground
A campsite at the eighth station of Mount Murone. The Pacific spreads below; at night the lights of Kesennuma line up with the fishing boats.
Ichinoseki
Kogane-yama Campground
A campsite on Mount Kogane in Senmaya, Ichinoseki — a mountain known for the gold that supported the Oshu Fujiwara clan.
Hachimantai
Appi Kogen Sports Park ASPA
A football ground on the Appi uplands in Hachimantai. Five grass pitches surrounded by white birch.
Hachimantai
Appi Kogen Golf Club
A golf course spread through the birch woods of Appi: four courses, 36 holes.
IwateNature & SceneryOshu
Mizusawa Keibajo
A regional racecourse in Oshu. An old-style track with Mount Hayachine and Mount Kurikoma behind it.
Hanamaki
Hanamaki-shi Sports Camp Mura
A sports complex in Hanamaki with four full-grass grounds, also used for training camps.
Ichinoseki
Minami-Iwate Country Club
A golf course on the hills of Ichinoseki, laid out to follow the rise and fall of the land.
Takizawa
Ainosawa Campground
A campsite at the foot of Mount Kurakake in Takizawa, directly below Mount Iwate, with parking and water laid on.
Shizukuishi
Blueberry-no-Sato Nanatsumori
A blueberry farm in Shizukuishi. Pick from more than a thousand bushes with Mount Iwate in view.
Miyako
Masaki Kaigan Kominato Beach
A swimming beach north of Taro in Miyako. Reopened in 2019, with a view from the cape to the easternmost point of Honshu.
IwateNature & SceneryIchinohe
Iwate Prefectural Children's Hall "Iwate Kodomo-no-Mori"
A children's centre ringed by beech forest in Ichinohe, with things to play on and in, indoors and out.
Takizawa
Pet-no-Sato Campground
A campsite in Takizawa attached to a dog and cat shelter, with a dog run of some 1.6 hectares.
Miyako
Miyako-shi Yagai Katsudo Center Campground
An outdoor centre along the Tashiro River in Miyako, with stream fishing and wild-vegetable picking by season.
Kamaishi
Nehama Coast Auto Campground "Nehama Seaside"
A drive-in campsite on Nebama beach in Kamaishi, reopened in 2019 after post-disaster repairs.
Noda
Tamagawa Yaeijo
A campsite on the coast at Noda. From the grass pitches you look out over the Pacific.
Hirono
Kujihiratake Campground
A campsite near the summit of Mount Kujidake in Hirono. Azaleas bloom in early summer, and Mount Iwate shows from the lookout.
Kuji
Hiraniwa Kogen Campground
A campsite on the Hiraniwa uplands at Kuji, ringed by what is held to be Japan's finest birch forest.