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Anniversary Float

The Yakata Dashi (float) with a height of over 10 meters. The Dashi is a reproduction of a float used for the Hanamaki festival during the Meiji period and was made as part of the 400th anniversary of the city of Hanamaki.

The Ancient Wall of Hotta

Hotta Fence Remains – a phantom fence that was built to protect against Ezo (Northerners) with its majestic appearance. It has not its match in Japanese history yet. The area of the fence is approximately 893,618m2.

Mural of the Future Galaxy Express

It is three minutes away by walk from JR Hanamaki Station. You can see a magical image emerging on the large wall with a height of 10 meters and a width of 80 meters.

Kamabuchi Falls

One of the Ihatove landscape areas that are the government-designated places of scenic beauty. It is exciting to see dozens of clear streams falling in the basin from a huge rock of 8.5 meters tall and 30 meters wide. The waterfall…

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…

The Ruins of Hanamaki-Jo Castle

The ruin of the main castle has been transformed into a park, while the Nishi-gomon has also been reconstructed. The remaining earthworks and a former moat around the castle allow you to take a glimpse of the past.

Mt. Koshio

It is a small mountain that Kenji Miyazawa loved exploring and that allows you to enjoy the view of the whole city of Hanamaki from the top. The mountain has the Kenji Miyazawa Memorial Center

Osora Falls

A waterfall of 83 meters tall and 6 meters wide. Like the name suggests, the waterfall is so powerful that it almost looks like the water is falling from the big sky. It appears in one of Miyazawa’s books called “The bears of M…

Mt.akita-Komagatake

The climbing season starts on June 1 (The traffic is closed during the winter). Mt. Akita-Komagatake, boasting the highest peak in Akita Prefecture, consists of Onamedake, the main peak, Odake, Medake, etc.

Beech virgin forest

The primeval forests of beech extend from Tazawako Plateau Hot Spring Village to Nyuto Hot Spring Village. We recommend the strolling course where you can be bathed in negative ions while enjoying the seasonal views such as new gre…

Orchetypal country iandscape

Among original rural landscapes in Semboku City are collaboration between the idyllic scenery and the Akita Nairiku Line, the lakefront of Tazawako.

Sashimaki Moor

Mizubasho (Japanese skunk cabbages), said to number in about sixty thousand, bloom in an approx. three-hectare marsh surrounded by an alder forest in Sashimaki Marshland.