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Hanamaki Festival

This is the festival with over 400 years of history. With beautiful Furyudashi floats decorated by open flame, more than 100 of soul-stirring portable shrines

Andon Festival

Held for two days on August 14th and 16th, this festival features the lantern floats of over 5m height. This is the traditional event of Ohasama with app. 200 years of history.

Hanamaki Onsen

The Rose Festival is held at the rose garden in the property of Hanamaki Hot Spring from late May to early July. It has been recognized as the Lover’s Sanctuary Satellite

Miyazawa Kenji Dowa Mura (Fairy Tale Village), School of Kenji

It is two minutes away by car from JR Shin-Hanamaki station. The Village of Fairy Tales is a place that is visited by many families during long vacations and

Wanko Soba

Every year, on February 11th, which is the Wanko Soba Memorial Day, the national Wanko Soba championship is held. You can enjoy Wanko Soba noodles at four restaurants in Hanamaki city (reservation needed).

Cliff of Hiraraki

It is one of the Eight Views of Hanamaki with vertical rocks on the banks of the Saruga-Ishikawa river. The place can be enjoyed all year around, offering fresh green in spring, deep green in summer, red leaves in autumn and an ink…

Yokaichi Doll’s Festival

It is an event held from mid-February to early March in Ishidoriya-cho in Hanamaki-city. Admission free. The place is filled with handmade tsurushibina (hanging hina dolls) during the period. Each type of tsurushibina (there are ve…

Takamura Cottage

It is a cottage with a size of 24.7934 m2 where Kotaro Takamura, a poet, spent seven years from the fall of 1945. It is now protected with double straw roofs. There is a wooden skylight window engraved with the kanji character for …

Ikeda family’s garden

Ikeda Family Japanese Garden is a unique modern garden developed from the end of the Meiji period to the beginning of the Taisho period.

Konuma Shrine

Konuma shirine – it was considered to have built about 1300 years ago. A Shingon temple was built on the property during the Muromachi period, and a pond in front of the shrine pavilion that did not run out of water even during w…

Narukokyo

This is a gigantic gorge of 100m in depth. It attracts large number of visitors during the red/golden foliage season to enjoy the spectacular view. The vista from the observatory of Naruko Gorge Rest House is spectacular.

Sendai Daikannon

It is a 100m-high white statue of Avalokiteśvara whose official name is Sendai Tendo Byakue Daikannon. This statue is very popular among overseas (especially Asian) visitors.