Life Culture Museum

Grain richness cake

◇It is a pound cake with a moderate sweetness. Among the grains produced in Iwate Prefecture, amaranth flour, buckwheat flour, millet flour, green bean flour, and black bean flour are added to the dough, and the surface is sprinkled with buckwheat and walnuts before baking. Enjoy the simple taste of grain. ◇When cutting with a knife, cool the cake thoroughly in the refrigerator, then warm it with boiling water and cut with a knife to make the cut smoother. Please try it once.

buckwheat mooncake

Mooncakes are a sweet that originated in China and are said to have been served during celebrations of the Mid-Autumn Harvest Moon. The common style is to wrap strained bean paste, white bean paste, etc. in a skin made of wheat flour, but this mooncake uses buckwheat flour produced in the prefecture for the skin.

Yukitani River Dam Forest Park Karumai

A beautiful forest park where water and greenery harmoniously take advantage of the forest and dam landscape. The 154m long suspension bridge offers a panoramic view of the Yukitani River Dam area. The vast site of about 24 hectares includes a windmill observation deck with a height of 16 m and a diameter of 20 m, a charcoal exhibition room, a restaurant, an outdoor stage, a campsite, a tennis court, a log athletic field, a sports field, and a walking path, so you can enjoy it to your heart's content. This is a park where you can enjoy nature to the fullest. [Opening period] April 1st to October 31st every year The tulip garden is filled with approximately 150,000 tulips of 30 varieties in full bloom from late April to mid-May. Coupled with the symbolic windmill observatory, it makes you feel like you are in the Netherlands. [Best time to see] Late April to mid-May