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Anga-dong

Iwaizumi Town

Coast

Nature / Scenery

    Akka Cave, located in the northern part of the Kitakami Mountains, is a large cave with a total length of 23.7 km, the longest in Japan. The full story of the labyrinth dungeon is still unknown. It is truly a stalactite museum where you can see almost all types of stalactites. Nationally designated natural monument

    Location
    Yasuie, Iwaizumi-cho, Shimohei-gun, Iwate Prefecture
    Business Hours
    Mid-April to late November 9:00-16:00
    (9:00-17:00 from 8/1 to 8/31)
    Closed
    Closed in winter
    *If you would like to enter the cave during the winter period, please contact the Iwaizumi Town Economic Tourism Exchange Division (0194-22-2111).
    Price
    Adults 1,000 yen, elementary and junior high school students 600 yen, infants free
    Inquiries
    Anga-dong tourism
    Phone number 0194-24-2011
    Website
    https://www.town.iwaizumi.lg.jp/docs/2016022400177/Open in new tab
    Other
    To Iwaizumi Station, get off at "JR Bus Ryusendo bound Kamimachi bus stop" and walk 5 minutes.
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    Moshi coast and dinosaur fossils

    Moshi Beach continues to the south of Omoto Beach. Highlights include Matsushima, known as Fossil Island, and Namikogamai, a sea shelf resembling a washboard. This area was famous for producing shellfish fossils from 100 million years ago, such as ammoites, but it became a hot topic in 1978 when the fossil of Japan's first large herbivorous dinosaur was discovered. It is named ``Moshiryu'' after the place name.

    Iwaizumi Town

    Coast
    History / CultureNature / Scenery

    Roadside station “Mitagai Branch”

    A roadside station built on the site of the former Mon Elementary School Mitagai Branch along National Route 455 from the Morioka direction. Based on the concept of an old elementary school, it has a ``purchasing department'' (store) and a ``lunch room'' (cafeteria), creating a nostalgic space. Nearby, there are limestone caves such as Ryusendo Cave, one of Japan's three major limestone caves, a nationally designated natural monument, and Yasuya Cave, the longest in Japan with a total length of over 10,000 meters.

    Iwaizumi Town

    Coast
    Other

    Gotensaki Natural Recreation Forest

    There is a promenade along the coastline through a rare virgin forest of broad-leaved trees, and you can enjoy forest bathing while listening to the sound of the ocean.

    Iwaizumi Town

    Coast
    Nature / Scenery