Life Culture Museum

Karumai Town

Northern Iwate

The Lifestyle Culture Museum, which displays about 300 items such as agricultural tools and folk implements, introduces the way of life in this region from the Meiji period to the early Showa period. You can learn about the history and climate that are closely tied to the region and its lifestyle, such as the wisdom and ingenuity with which they overcame the harsh winters of northern countries, and the lives of people back then who lived in harmony with nature. Getting to know the history and climate of the place you visit is a valuable pleasure when traveling to a new town. Please stop by.

Location: 8-54 Oaza Karumai, Karumai-cho, Kunohe-gun, Iwate 028-6302
Business Hours: Closed: Every Monday (the next day if it is a public holiday, New Year holidays)
Inquiries: Karumai Central Community Center
Phone number 0195-46-4151
FAX number 0195-46-4439
Website: http://www.town.karumai.iwate.jp/
Other: 【access】
Route 1: Ninohe Station → [60 minutes by bus] Karumai Omachi bus stop → [5 minutes on foot] Lifestyle Culture Museum
Route 2: Karumai IC → [5 minutes by car] Lifestyle Culture Museum

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Heartful Sportsland

Heartful Sports Land, surrounded by a rich natural environment full of greenery, was established as a place for intergenerational interaction where everyone from infants to the elderly can enjoy health promotion together. There is also a park golf course with 4 courses and 36 holes, which can be enjoyed by both family and friends. From mid-May to mid-June, the park golf course is colored with Shibazakura .

Karumai Town

Northern Iwate

Sightseeing Spots

buckwheat mooncake

Mooncakes are a sweet that originated in China and are said to have been served during celebrations of the Mid-Autumn Harvest Moon. The common style is to wrap strained bean paste, white bean paste, etc. in a skin made of wheat flour, but this mooncake uses buckwheat flour produced in the prefecture for the skin.

Karumai Town

Northern Iwate

Grain richness cake

◇It is a pound cake with a moderate sweetness. Among the grains produced in Iwate Prefecture, amaranth flour, buckwheat flour, millet flour, green bean flour, and black bean flour are added to the dough, and the surface is sprinkled with buckwheat and walnuts before baking. Enjoy the simple taste of grain. ◇When cutting with a knife, cool the cake thoroughly in the refrigerator, then warm it with boiling water and cut with a knife to make the cut smoother. Please try it once.

Karumai Town

Northern Iwate

Sightseeing Spots History / Culture