Nanbu Senbei Morioka Senbei Store

Nanbu Ironware (Morioka)

Nanbu ironware, which has a wide variety of types and uses, from stately tea kettles, iron kettles, and modern pots to accessories such as wind chimes, is a representative traditional craft of Iwate. The area around Morioka has long been rich in raw materials for iron sand, river sand, clay, lacquer, and charcoal, making it ideal for producing castings. It is said that Nanbu ironware began when the lord of the Nanbu domain hired casters and pot makers from Koshu and Kyoto to make tea ceremony pots, weapons, temple bells, and other items. Since the Meiji era, Nanbu ironware has received high praise overseas, and in 1975, Nanbu ironware was designated as the first traditional craft in Japan.

Timber town city

During the feudal period, there were markets all over Morioka Castle. Much of it has been lost to the times, but Morioka still has a market of simple humanity. Ihatov Avenue, lined with monuments to Kenji Miyazawa, is 400 meters long. The streets are lined with shops, and the streets are filled with shoppers. In addition to selling fresh vegetables, fruits, and pickles at bargain prices, you can also enjoy local sake and beer while walking.

Morioka Dagashi Sekiguchiya Confectionery

Dagashi began as a preserved food in cold climates. Sekiguchi-ya Confectionery Shop is a long-established store that was founded in 1896, and is currently the fourth generation to carry on the noren.They do not use additives, and carefully select confectionery and molasses to make all-natural, hand-made products. We continue to make our products with great care for their taste. Simple flavors such as miso bread, tankiri, stone cloth, and shochu sugar are popular, and you can get a feel for Morioka's history and culture through dagashi.