Dec.

10th,Salmon Festival of Iwate &11th

Iwate’s Sea food festival

Feb.

4～12thThe 50th Iwate Snow Festival

Early Feb. toIchinokuratei Hinamatsuri

March 3rdJan.

Let’s Enjoy Work Shop at Morioka Handi-Works Square！
Morioka Handi-Works Square, one of the leading industrial
tourism facilities in Morioka, is located near Lake Gosho
where you can enjoy the beauty of all four seasons. It takes
about 30 minutes to reach the Square from the city center,heading west on Route46. At the workshop area, which has
15 studios of 11 business categories, you can see traditional
skills of craftsmen up close. In addition to this, you canenjoy hands-on workshops of more than 10 different kinds ofunique crafts and local dishes. In the Nambu Magariya, akind of L-shaped farmhouse where people used to live in one
wing with their horse(s) in the other, you will be able toexperience history and understand how people in our regionused to live in the Edo period. Now, we would like toNambu Magariya (Nambu Bent House): L Shaped
introduce the hands-on experience of Iwate’s unique crafts farmhouse formed by integrating the main house and theheld in the various workshops in the facility.
horse barn.

Variety of Handicraft Work Shop
You can experience making
your own pottery from clay,such as a teacup or otheritems. The pottery will beshipped to you after firing.
Teacup, Small bowl
Matcha cup, Beer cup

Pottery【Hokutogama】￥1,400￥2,200

Ceramic decoration experience is alsooffered. (Approx. 60mins)

bamboo from northern Iwate
that mellows into warm
colors with time.
Box (small) Penholder

Handkerchief

Woodwork【Michinoku Kobo】

You can make wooden ornaments called chagu chagu
umakko (a horse decorated with cloth or othersornaments) or kin-no-begoko (golden cow), loved by
local people as a mascot for good luck and prosperous
business.
Chagu chagu umakko(traditional wooden horse toy)

￥1,600

Kin no begokko(traditional wooden cow toy)
（Approx. 60mins）￥2,200Nanshōsō Hinamatsuri Doll

15th,

（Kyojo-ji Temple, Hachimagu Shrine,

March 3rd

Display

26th

Sakurayama Shrine）

9～11thMorioka Snow Lights Festival

Prevent Frozen Water Pipes～Drain water frequently - before going to bed or going out～
We have to be careful about frozen water pipes in the cold
winters of Morioka. If the temperature falls below -4 ℃
water pipes may freeze or burst. To prevent frozen pipes, it
is important to drain water from them frequently, before
going to bed or going out. By draining any remaining waterfrom pipes you can prevent them from freezing and bursting..
How to drain pipes is shown here. Remember to also drain
the water from your water boiler or water heater.
When you drain

After the drainWhen you use water

Leave the faucet open

Bandana￥1,650￥2,000Straw Craft & Dried Flowers【Shizukuishi Mingeisha】
You can make a traditional toy calledshinobi koma, a horse doll used for
marriage or the prosperity ofdescendants, or make a wreath withnatural material such as pinecones.

￥1,400Box (large) Remote control holder￥2,200(Approx. 60mins)

Early Feb. toWhite cloth is dyed after
being tied tightly withrubber bands over round or
flat glass marbles, or
betweendisposable
chopsticks. You can create
original tie-dyed goods.

（Approx. 60mins）

Craftworks are hand-woven Bamboo Craft
from Nambu suzutake, the 【Shibata Kogei】

Hadaka Mairi Naked Pilgrimage

Close the main cock

※All prices are for one individual

Morioka Traditional Dyeing【Takiura】

14th,

Shinobi koma (horse doll) ￥1,400（Approx. 60mins）
Dried flower wreath ￥1,400（Approx. 30mins）

In addition to these crafts, through which you canlearn about the various traditions of Morioka, thefacility also offers cooking experience of unique local
dishes from Morioka such as reimen noodles orNambu senbei (rice crackers). Please visit Morioka
Handi-Works Square to experience the workshops.
64-102 Oirino, Tsunagi, Morioka City
☎019-689-2201
Open：8:40～17:00
Workshop available：9:00～16:00① Turn on the faucet
at full blast.
②Close the main cocktightly.

After the water has
drained, leave thefaucet open.

When you want to
use the water again,
open the handle ofstop-cock fully.

Be sure to close
the stop-cocktightly.

Only

half-closing thestop-cock willcause frozen pipeor water leakage.

Let’s enjoy international exchange with us!

もりおか こくさい こうりゅうきょうかいMorioka International Relations Association is looking for foreign residents who
are willing to introduce their culture or food.
We are also looking for supporting member who will be able to receive ourinternational events and foreign language course informations faster thanothers. For more details, please check our Website from this QR code!
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