Settai Nanatsumono

Kabuto Myojindake

As you head east from Morioka on National Route 106, you can see a particularly high rocky peak above the Kukai Plateau called Kabuto Myojindake (1,005m above sea level). It takes about 1 hour and is an easy hike. A popular loop course is the one that climbs straight up the northern ridge from the Kukai Kogen Walking Center. If you follow the single road surrounded by larch and birch trees, you will reach the junction with Mt. Miharuyama. After passing through a meadow, a mountain hut surrounded by trees, and a natural grass field, you will reach the top of a sharp rock. The Ou Mountains, including Mt. Iwate, spread out below.

Nagasawa river cherry blossoms

An embankment (park) built on the right bank of the Nagasawa River as part of a specific river environment improvement project. A total of 294 cherry trees, including 219 Yoshino cherry trees, 35 Oyama cherry trees, 36 double cherry trees, and 4 mountain cherry trees, have been planted in an area of ​​2.5 hectares, making it a new cherry blossom viewing spot in Miyako. Someiyoshino cherry trees are in full bloom from mid-April to late April. In addition, azaleas and azaleas have been planted, making it a place of relaxation for citizens with beautiful flowers blooming from spring to summer. In April 1995, a monument with a poem written by Shigenobu Shigenobu, the 29th lord of the Nanbu domain, was erected on the Sakura embankment.

Jodogahama Beach

The name Jodogahama was given about 300 years ago by Reikyo, the seventh head priest of Joanji Temple in Mt. Miyako, who exclaimed, ``It's just like the Pure Land of Paradise.'' In 2001, it was selected as one of the top 100 scented landscapes, and in 2006, it was selected as one of Japan's 100 best bathing beaches, specially selected by the sea section.