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  • Iwate  ( 1 items )

    Iwate was historically part of Mutsu Province. It was brought into the empire around 800.

    In the Jōmon period it was an area abundant in fishing and hunting. There were also Emishi settlements in the Kitakami Basin until the end of the eighth century when the Nara authorities penetrated deeply into Iwate, with Fort Shiwa, to the north of present day Morioka, constructed in 803.

    Iwate faces the Pacific Ocean to the east, and borders Aomori Prefecture on the north, Akita Prefecture on the west, and Miyagi Prefecture on the south. The prefecture has mountains in the west, north and east, with the valley of the Kitakami River running from north to south through the center of the province and including the capital. The coast is very rugged, with little in between the mountains and the sea.

    Thirteen cities are located in Iwate Prefecture:

    • Hachimantai
    • Hanamaki
    • Ichinoseki
    • Kamaishi
    • Kitakami
    • Kuji
    • Miyako
    • Morioka (capital)
    • Ninohe
    • Ofunato
    • Ōshū
    • Rikuzentakata
    • Tono

    Towns and villages in each district:

    Higashiiwai District
    Fujisaw

    Isawa District
    Kanegasaki

    Iwate District
    Iwate
    Kuzumaki
    Shizukuishi
    Takizawa

    Kamihei District
    Otsuchi

    Kesen District
    Sumita

    Kunohe District
    Karumai
    Kunohe
    Noda
    Hirono

    Ninohe District
    Ichinohe

    Nishiiwai District
    Hiraizumi

    Shimohei District
    Fudai
    Iwaizumi
    Kawai
    Tanohata
    Yamada

    Shiwa District
    Shiwa
    Yahaba

    Waga District
    Nishiwaga

    Of the several theories about the origin of the name ‘Iwate’, the most well known tale, 'Oni no tegata,' is that associated with Mitsuishi Shrine in Morioka. (The Mitsuishi, literally ‘three rocks’, are said to have been thrown down into Morioka by an eruption of Mt Iwate.) According to the legend, there was once a devil who often tormented and harassed the local people. When the people prayed to the spirits of Mitsuishi for protection, the devil was immediately shackled to the rocks and made to promise never to trouble the people again. As a sign of this promise the devil left a handprint on one of the rocks, thus giving rise to the name Iwate, literally meaning ‘rock hand’. Even now after a rainfall it is said that the devil’s hand print can still be seen.

  • Akita  ( 1 items )
    Akita Prefecture (秋田県, Akita-ken) is located in the Tohoku Region of northern Japan. The capital is the city of Akita. Located in the north of Honshu Island, Akita Prefecture faces the Sea of Japan in the west and is bordered by Aomori in the north, Iwate in the east, Miyagi in the south east, and Yamagata in the south.
  • Hokkaido  ( 2 items )

    Home to Japan's aboriginal Ainu race, Hokkaido continues to represent the untamed wilderness with many great National Parks. For many visitors the scenery resembles northern Europe, with rice paddies and concrete warrens replaced by rolling fields and faux-German cottages...

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