Must See Spots

A large historical farm with green pastures and Mt. Iwate in the background

The Golden Hall (Konjiki-do) is a World Heritage site showing Buddhist culture in the Tohoku region.

A beautiful World Heritage site. There is an elegant garden of the Heian aristocrats who lived in the Tohoku region

Immerse yourself in the beauty of the four seasons at this gorge created from the natural rocks and waterfalls

The magnificent culture of the Tohoku Heian nobility is recreated here, and the park is famous as a location for filming samurai dramas

Cruise down the beautiful Geibikei Gorge as you listen to the strains of the “minyo” folk song “Oiwake Uta”

The world of the “Pure Land” as the scenery of mysterious stone mountains rises up from the bay

Take a dynamic walk along the grand panorama of precipitous cliffs that boast “Japan’s Most Beautiful Coastline”

An open-air museum relating the old hometown traditions of Tono

A landscape of the epic sea, fantastically-shaped rocks and pine forests which is a Place of Scenic Beauty along the coast

At 40 degrees north latitude, a panorama of superb scenery that is said to have the most beautiful seasonal changes

Japan’s first ethnic museum where you can learn about Tono’s unique traditional culture