Iwate’s finest grand shrine with its magnificent red shaden and large torii gate piercing the sky
A venerable event in the bitterly cold Morioka held by half-naked participants in prayers for sound health
A beautiful classically-designed Western-style building from the Meiji Era with its red brick and a green dome
A history of hardship and restoration. See the masterpiece of the Standing Image of Shokannon protecting the Tohoku’s oldest temple
A festival with more than 1000 years of history, and also one of the Three Major Unusual Festivals of Japan