A village in which houses are built in the middle of rice paddies and fields, separated from each other, is called a "scattered settlement. They are said to be the original landscape of the Japanese countryside and can be found only in a few places in Japan today. The scenery is nostalgic, like that in "My Neighbor Totoro.
Access: Get off at Mizusawa Station on the JR Tohoku Main Line, and take the Iwate-ken Kotsu Umatome Line or Hirooka Line bus.
- residence/location
- Found in almost all areas in the Isawa district of Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture, 023-0400
- Inquiries
- Contact Name: Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division, Isawa General Branch Office, Oshu City
Phone Number: 0197-46-2111
Fax Number: 0197-46-4455
