Culture & History

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

Bishamondo Temple seems to grow out of the rock wall

The castle of a “Nambu” feudal lord inside a park. The remains of the stone walls have history carved into them

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”

Iwate’s finest grand shrine with its magnificent red shaden and large torii gate piercing the sky

The 400-year-old Hanamaki Festival with its procession of glittering floats during fiery and fantastic nights

Vivid and energetic dancing to provide an overwhelming performance

Rural districts, water wheels, thatched-roof houses…experience the region of Tono within the landscape of a recreated agricultural village

A relaxing onsen village surrounded by the nature of a deep gorge whose onsen hotels with their own personality are charming

An interactive facility where the artisans of Morioka gather to show the traditional handicrafts from the good old days