September Itinerary Idea Day 5 (Iwate Prefecture Day 3    PM)

Table of contents

1. Koiwai Farm

2. Return to Morioka Station

3. Dinner

In the afternoon, head to Koiwai Farm.

1. Koiwai Farm

(3 minutes walk from Koiwai Farm Makibaen)

Admission: Yen 800 for adults, Yen300 for children

Business hours: Weekdays 9: 00-16: 00, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays 9: 00-17: 00

Koiwai Farm was established in 1891 (Meiji 24).

The buildings built on the premises of the Uemaru cowshed are designated as national important cultural properties.

Koiwai’s name is taken from the surnames of its partner Yoshimasa Ono (advisor of Mitsubishi, vice president of Japan Railway Company), Yanosuke Iwasaki(second president of Mitsubishi, younger brother of Mitsubishi founder Yataro Iwasaki), and Masaru Inoue(the Secretary of the Railway Agency, Hirobumi Ito who smuggled to England during the turbulent period at the end of the Edo period, Kaoru Inoue and other five Choshu clan members, so-called Choshu Five members).

Koiwai Farm is a facility that families can enjoy, such as horseback riding and feeding ponies. If you are not interested in farms, you may visit museums in Morioka City. The following is a list of typical facilities.

• Iwate Museum of Art

Alternatively, a 21-minute walk from Morioka Station

Closed from August 16th to September 17th

• Fukazawa Koko Wildflower Museum (Nonohana Museum)

From Morioka Station, take the bus “Dendenmushi” and get off at Morioka Castle Site Park, a 3-minute walk

(Ticket Yen120, one-day free ticket Yen350)

• Iwate Prefectural Museum

8 minutes walk from Nishimatsuzono 2-chome bus stop

Closed from Monday, August 16th

• Morioka History and Culture Museum

From Morioka Station, take the bus “Dendenmushi” and get off at Morioka Castle Site Park, a 4-minute walk

(Ticket Yen120, one-day free ticket Yen350)

2 minutes walk from Sakurayama Shrine

Closed from August 24th to September 26th

• Morioka Handcraft Village

7 minutes walk from Oirino bus stop

2. Return to Morioka Station

Note: This will be the last bus. Please be careful not to miss the bus.

3. Dinner

We will eat “Wanko soba”, a local dish of Iwate prefecture.

https://www.maff.go.jp/j/nousin/kouryu/kyodo_ryouri/attach/pdf/190131-1.pdf

In 3 days, Iwate Prefecture’s “local cuisine” “Wanko soba” and “Hittsumi”, “local dishes loved by nation” “Morioka Reimen” and “Morioka Jaja-men”, seasonal seafood in September, yellowtail, salmon, pacific saury, abalone, Japanese flying squid, and kelp, “Rikuzentakata clinocardium california : Ezoishikage kai” are all eaten.

(Note: The departure / arrival times and fares for transportation listed in the text are as of the time of writing the BLOG. They may change in the future, so please check for yourself when you go on a trip.)