Iwate

Japanese

岩手

Capital : Morioka

Persona :
  Aterui (?-802)
  Abe no Sadato (1019?-1062)
  Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159-1189) From Kyoto
  Kunohe Masazane (1536-1591)
  Nanbu Nobunao (1546-1599)
  Seishin-ni (1585-1644)
  Takebe Seian (1712-1782)
  Otsuki Gentaku (1757-1827)
  Takano Choei (1804-1850)
  Goto Shinpei (1857-1929)
  Saito Makoto (1858-1936)
  Sasaki Kizen (1886-1933) Tono
  Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933) Poet, author of children's literature. His poems are here and here.

Flower : Paulownia

Food : Seafood

Product : Urushi (Japan), Ironware

Work : "Mutsu waki"  Heian Period

Resorts I traveled

 Center

• Hachimantai
• Morioka City --- Morioka Castle Ruins

 South

• Hanamaki --- Osawa Hot Springs, Miyazawa Kenji Memorial Museum
• Tono
• Kitakami --- Geto Hot Springs
• Mizusawa --- Goto Shinpei Memorial Museum
• Maesawa
• Hiraizumi --- Chusonji Temple
• Ichinoseki City --- Ichinoseki Castle Ruins
• Genbi --- Genbikei Gorge, Sukawa Hot Springs *
• Higashiyama --- Geibikei Gorge *, Yugendo (Limestone Cave)

 Coast

• Tanohata --- Kita Yamazaki, Unosu Cliff
• Iwaizumi --- Ryusendo (Limestone Cave)
• Miyako --- Jodogahama *
• Kamaishi
• Ofunato --- Sakari, Goishi Coast
• Rikuzen Takata

Link

• IWATE NO TABI  Iwate Tourism Association

Tohoku

Japan

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