Former Ishii Prefectural Residence

middle bridge

Among the bridges built over the Nakatsugawa River that runs through the center of Morioka City, Nakano Bridge is an important bridge that connects the shopping district and the government district. The current bridge is a steel bridge built in 1955 and has a total length of 54m. In autumn, you can see salmon swimming upstream.

Nitobe Inazo’s birthplace (bronze statue)

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Inazo Nitobe, a cosmopolitan man born in his hometown who ``hopefully becomes a bridge over the Pacific Ocean'', Morioka City built this building on his birthplace in Shimonohashi Town with donations from citizens. Author Fumio Asakura). During the Pacific War, its achievements were largely ignored, and its legacy was only remembered by a few people, but after the war, its role was properly reviewed and reevaluated on both sides of the Pacific.

Yakiniku cold noodle Yamato Morioka store

Yakiniku cold noodle shop. 9 stores currently open in Iwate Prefecture. ◎Morioka Minami store 019-639-0029 ◎Morioka Mitake store 019-656-6829 ◎Morioka Hongu store 019-613-6290 ◎Korean food Aya Yamato 019-691-7001 ◎Kitakami store 0197-65-2950 ◎Mizusawa store 0197-22-3666 ◎Ichinoseki store 0191-33-1577 ◎Hanamaki store 0198-29-5018