Swan flying area (new embankment/Sango Bridge)

Kitakami City

Southern Iwate

Swans begin flying around the new embankment and Sango Bridge (Kitakami River) from around late October, and stay until around April of the following year. More than 1,000 swans spend the winter here each year, bringing a sense of peace to visitors. The number of visitors is the highest in the prefecture. To get to the new embankment, take the JR Tohoku Shinkansen Kitakami Station and get off at the Iwate Prefectural Transportation Kitakami Noh High School/Hikashita Line Minami Junior High School bus stop.

Location: 024-0000 Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture
Inquiries: (One company) Kitakami Tourism and Convention Association
Phone number 0197-65-0300
FAX number 0197-65-0393

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Toneyama Mitsuto Memorial Museum of Art

In his later years, the painter Mitsuto Toneyama moved his atelier to Kitakami, where he created works full of the dynamism of Onikenbu and Deer Dance. After his death, the atelier donated by his wife remained at the exhibition site as the ``Toneyama Mitsuto Memorial Museum.'' A number of emotional works will move you.

Kitakami City

Southern Iwate

Sightseeing Spots History / Culture Museums

Kitakami City Museum (main building)

Reopened in September 2016. In addition to introducing the charm of Kunimiyama Abandoned Temple, which was a center of Buddhist culture prior to Hiraizumi, it also provides detailed explanations of six historical themes that are essential when talking about Kitakami.

Kitakami City

Southern Iwate

Sightseeing Spots History / Culture Museums

Natsuyu Kogen Onsen Usamori no Yu (day trip bathing facility)

A simple hot spring (hypotonic, weakly alkaline hot spring), open-air bath surrounded by mountains on all sides. You can also see Kitakami city from the terraced bathtub.

Kitakami City

Southern Iwate

Sightseeing Spots Nature / Scenery