Recreational Activities / Experiences

Hometown experience workshop

Adjacent to the roadside station Iwaizumi, you can experience making local specialties such as pottery, dried flowers, handmade sausages, vegetable dyeing, hand-spun wool, ice cream, and leather crafts.

Umakko Park Iwate

In addition to horseback riding lessons with regular horses, we offer extracurricular classes for infants and elementary school students where you can experience horseback riding while taking care of horses, and we also travel to various events and schools with ponies. You can also go horse trekking through the neighboring forest park. The park has a grassy field and playground equipment, so you can enjoy just taking a walk.

Iwate Prefectural Children’s Center “Iwate Children’s Forest”

Surrounded by a beautiful beech forest in Okunakayama, Ichinohe Town, Iwate Children's Forest is an experiential children's center that fosters surprises and encounters that children experience through a variety of games. The 30-hectare grounds include indoor facilities such as the conical "Hello House" and "Go Go House," as well as an all-weather campfire field and outdoor facilities, so both children and adults can relax and enjoy themselves. It can also be used for accommodation, meetings, training, etc.

Horsetail farm

Blueberry sightseeing picking farm opened in 2018 in Tono City, Temagyu-cho. Approximately 1,300 blueberries are growing on the spacious grounds. The facility, which is larger than the Tokyo Dome, has a dog run and a café, and also offers a farmer's experience at a farmer's inn (dogs are allowed to stay overnight). (Lodging with dogs is allowed.)

Nostalgic taste handmade workshop

On the first floor, sweets and side dishes such as Kushimochi, Sesame Kamasu, traditional-flavored Kyabamochi, Sanshokumochi, and ``Multi-grain starch syrup'' certified by a food master are sold. There is also a workshop on the second floor where 5 to 10 people can try their hand at it, where you can learn from food master Kyoko Horiguchi how to make Yanagibatto, handmade soba, millet dango, Higan dango, and Kenchin soup. .

the campus – Troika Forest

This outdoor complex is located in a vast 15-hectare forest that straddles Kitakami City and Oshu City. In addition to camping, a restaurant where you can taste dishes made from local ingredients and an accommodation building where you can enjoy a sauna have been completed, allowing you to enjoy nature in a casual manner. In November 2023, it was recognized as a certified course for " Quaalto Health Walking," which originated in Germany.

citizen’s forest

A recreational forest for citizens where you can enjoy moving your body to the fullest in nature, including the athletic "Wanpaku Maru" in the shape of a sailing ship set in Mt. Hakone, and a 41.5m roller slide. From the observation deck, you can see a panoramic view of Sanriku's stunning ria coastline. You can try your hand at woodworking at the wooden house "Hakone" (for a fee).

Kojiya Motomiya

While preserving traditional brewing methods, we strive to develop new products every day. At the miso workshop "Atsushi", you can try your hand at making miso.

Forest soba restaurant

Handmade soba noodles are made by grinding locally produced buckwheat flour using a water wheel. Eggs and tofu are used as binders to create a smooth texture.

tourist bracken garden

Warabi Pass in Sumita Town is where traditional mountain burning is held, and every year in mid-May, visitors can experience bracken harvesting as a tourist bracken garden.

Kitakami City Rest Forest

A woodworking experience center and athletic play equipment are located within the facility, and nearby are Tenshochi Park, a museum, and Michinoku Folk Village. There are 10 tent sites, 4 cottages for 10 to 15 people, and 3 cottages for 5 or 6 people.

Tonan Tsudoi Forest

A natural park-style recreational facility with a campground, tennis courts, and more, located in Akabayashiyamayamarei, 855m above sea level in the southwest of Morioka City. There is a cycling terminal and a history and folklore museum within the facility, where you can learn about Iwate's history while enjoying its natural surroundings.