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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.
IwateCraft ExperiencesIwate
Shijushida Dam
A dam for flood control and power generation on the main stream of the Kitakami River. It is located near Morioka.
Iwate
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.
Iwate
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.
Iwate
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.
Ōfunato
Riaster Farm
A pick-your-own farm in Ofunato. The cool Sanriku climate lets everbearing strawberries be picked all year round.
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.
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.
Ōfunato
Ryori Beach
A swimming beach on Ryori Bay in Ofunato. Deep in the inlet, the water stays calm.
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.
IwateHot SpringsHanamaki
Yusen Shidate
A hot-spring inn in Hanamaki. Every room has its own open-air bath fed from the inn's own source.
Miyako
Hei River Auto Campground
A drive-in campsite along the Hei River in Miyako. Each pitch has power, and a hot spring adjoins.