[Drive course to enjoy early summer scenery] 4 hours 30 minutes course

Morioka City

Central Iwate

[Drive course to enjoy early summer scenery] 4 hours 30 minutes course

[Model course]
A driving course that takes you around the central prefecture area in early summer. [ Morioka wide area Iwate travel guide ]

[Contact information] Iwate Prefecture Morioka Regional Promotion Bureau
TEL019-629-6512 FAX019-629-6529

MODEL COURSE

  1. Tohoku Expressway Takizawa Interchange
  2. Umakko Park Iwate
  3. Takizawa Forest Park/Nature Center
  4. Ishigami no Oka Art Museum
  5. Meat stick
  6. Kitakami River Source/Iwatemachi River Station

Tohoku Expressway Takizawa Interchange

5 minutes

Umakko Park Iwate

Umakko Park Iwate

In addition to horseback riding lessons with regular horses, we offer extracurricular classes for infants and elementary school students where you can experience horseback riding while taking care of horses, and we also travel to various events and schools with ponies. You can also go horse trekking through the neighboring forest park. The park has a grassy field and playground equipment, so you can enjoy just taking a walk.

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5 minutes

Takizawa Forest Park/Nature Center

Takizawa Forest Park/Nature Center

A vast forest park and a bird-watching forest within it. The natural forest, which is a mix of coniferous and broad-leaved trees, is home to a variety of animals, including the fictive flycatcher, great tit, and squirrel, making it a paradise for creatures. Regular nature observation sessions are held on the third Sunday of every month. Binoculars are available for loan for free, so feel free to participate. Nearby are Iwate Prefectural University, Industrial Culture Center, and Umakko Park Iwate.

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half an hour

Ishigami no Oka Art Museum

Ishigami no Oka Art Museum

Opened in 1993 as the first outdoor sculpture museum in Iwate Prefecture. Reopening on June 18, 2021.

The outdoor exhibition hall has been reborn as a ``Flower and Art Forest'' where you can enjoy not only sculptures but also lavender, hydrangeas, blueberries, and more than 100 types of flowers.

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8 minutes

Kitakami River Source/Iwatemachi River Station

Kitakami River Source/Iwatemachi River Station

Adjacent to the Kitakami River source Yuzuzu no Izumi. As the starting station of the Kitakami River, this facility is a symbol of cooperation in the Kitakami River basin. It also opened in June 2004 as a place for ``Japan's original scenery'' and ``environmental learning for children.'' Outside, there are rest facilities, a babbling stream for playing in the water, a water wheel, a lotus pond, and a grassy field.

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