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Spring is now changing into summer. It is when many flowers are in full bloom and fresh green leaves oftrees are beautiful. The season we have been waiting for has finally arrived in Morioka.

Let’s enjoy thenature of Morioka while basking in the warm sunshine!

Zaimokucyo

Yoichi Market

Zaimokucho shopping street
Opening every Saturday from April
to late November<Open> 15:00 - 18:30

Mikoda Morning Market
Mikoda-cho, (Near Minami Ohashi Br.)
<Open> 5:00 - 8:30<Close> Monday

Every Saturday, Yoichi market is held with aboutFresh vegetables harvested from fields around
Morioka are on sale at this morning market.
The market offers foods at every season as it is

100 various shops open along

Zaimoku-cho

shopping street, which has a monument of Kenji
Miyazawa. It is one ofthe places where citizens

Food and drinks likerelax as they enjoy shopping for vegetables,

hittsumi (a kind of vegetable soup with flower

handmade pickles, local brand beer, snacks or sea

dumplings), Chinese noodle and coffee sold infood from the Sanriku area, etc.

the market are also popular.

some unique regional cooking ingredients!

open 300 days a year.

You can see many kinds
ofanimals

here

including monkeys, wild rabbits, pheasants or golden eagles fromJapan, or very popular African animals like elephants, giraffes orlions. You can also see the Canadian otters that were a gift fromour twin city, Victoria, bighorn sheep or pumas. There are

You might findMorioka Zoological Park
60-18 Aza Shimoyagita, Shinjo<Open> 9:30 to 16:30 <Closed> Wednesday<fee> Adults: ¥500 Annual pass:¥1000
Entry free for Children under 6 years old,
elementary school students, elderly
citizens over 65.

about800 animals and birds of 100 different kinds in this zoo. The
zoo offers a valuable opportunity to hold a rabbit or chick!
Having a picnic on the wide lawn square is also recommended.

Iwate prefectural Gosho Lake Wide Area Park Boathouse
4-1 Nozoki, Tsunagi, Morioka
Open from April 9th to Mid-October (9:00-17:00)
Closed: Wednesday
Usage charge: Adult ¥250 Children/Student ¥130
*There is no rental fee for the life jacket and paddles.
*Recommended to bring some towel, hat or extra clothes.
*Sometimes the facility is not available because of badweather, setting up course, or preparation for the AthleticMeet. Please confirm the availability in advance if you
want to use the facility.

This place is a venue of the National
Athletic Meet canoe competition in October.
You can experience canoeing and enjoy thegreat nature around this big lake! Theboathouse staff will teach you everything so
don’t worry beginners!

祭June11th

Chagu Chagu Umakko

July

2 3 t h ,24th

Sakekaijizouson Festival

31stTsunagi Hotspring Gosho Lake Festival24th

Morioka Kitakami River-Gum Boat Race

1～4th

Morioka Sansa Odori FestivalAugAug

4～7th
6th
16th

Sep祭
Tanabana Festival

Morioka Fireworks Festival(or 20th,21st)

Morioka Funekko Nagashi

14～16thHachiman Shrine Festival4th

Takubokunosato Fureai Marathon

Speaking of the special dishes in Morioka, so called, “three popular noodlesof Morioka”, reimen, jajamen and wanko soba, are the most famous.

Did

you know that the water iris(kakitsubata) is the flower of Morioka city’?
It is a member of the perennial iris family like the ayame (Japanese iris)and hana-shobu (Kaempfer’s iris) and can be found all over Japan. The
water iris is considered to be the most graceful and beautiful of those. Itscharacteristic is the beauty of the deep purple petals blooming elegantly
among the straight green leaves.

Since Edo period, Morioka has beenrecognized as one of the places where the water iris originated. In 1971, it
was chosen as the symbolic city flower to represent Morioka city.
It starts to bloom from late May every year in Morioka and you can enjoy
its beauty till around mid-June.

Kaminohashi Water Iris Garden

Water Iris Community in Yamagishi
5 minutes on foot from the “Rikuchu Ohdaira”
bus stop of Iwateken Kotsu.
About 3,000 plants with 10,000 water iris
flowers bloom in the 931 square meter area.
Address: Jinai, Ohdaira, Yamagishi, Morioka
Best season： Late May to mid June
※The colony is in a privately owned area so entry
prohibited.

Beautiful flower site spreading along the banksof the Nakatsu river, which is the symbol ofMorioka, from Kaminohashi bridge toFujimibashi bridge.
Address： Kaminohashi-cho, Morioka
Best season： First to Mid-June
Best season： First to Mid-June

Let’s enjoy international exchange with us!

Morioka International Relations Association is looking for foreign residents tolecture on course introducing the culture or food of their country. We are also
looking for supporting member who can then receive the information about
the international exchange events or language courses hosted by our association.
For more details, please check our Website from this QR code!

Morioka International
Relations Association WEB

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