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Iwate Prefectural Fisheries Science Museum
A fisheries science museum in Miyako. It presents the fishing industry of Sanriku.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Yuda Dam and Lake Kinshu Otaki Falls
A dam on the Waga River. It carries out inspection water releases in spring and opens Kinshuko Otaki to the public in summer.
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Shijushida Dam
A dam for flood control and power generation on the main stream of the Kitakami River. It is located near Morioka.
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Mount Iwate Foothills Agricultural Irrigation Facilities
Agricultural irrigation water drawn to the foot of Mount Iwate. A civil engineering work that turned volcanic ash land into farmland.
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Waga Chuo Agricultural Irrigation and Small Hydropower
A facility that incorporates small hydropower generation into the agricultural irrigation canals of Waga.
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Iwate Tsunami Memorial Museum
A memorial museum of the earthquake disaster in Rikuzentakata. It conveys the record of the tsunami and the course of the recovery.
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Inochi o Tsunagu Miraikan
A disaster-preparedness learning facility in Kamaishi. It tells how children's evacuation saved many lives.
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Ofunato Tsunami Memorial Museum
A tsunami memorial museum in Ofunato. It covers the record of the tsunamis that have repeatedly struck the Sanriku coast and the recovery of the area.
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Sanriku Railway
A railway running along the Sanriku coast. It restored the sections washed away in the earthquake disaster and reconnected the entire line.
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ILC-Related Technology and Iwate Accelerator-Related Industry Study Group
A study group working toward bringing a linear accelerator to the area. Precision-machining companies from within the prefecture gather in it.
Shimane
Sodeshi Ware
Sodeshi ware from Matsue. It follows in the tradition of the mingei folk craft movement.
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Sekishu Washi
Sekishu washi paper from Hamada. It is made from kozo paper mulberry. Thin and strong, it is a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Sekishu Washi Center
The Sekishu Washi Center in Hamada. Visitors can try papermaking.