Sakura Brightness

#cherryblossom2024 Coming back to Kitakami! Blooming park and ethnographic village In the center of Iwate Prefecture is Kitakami Tenset Park, famous for its flowers and sights. From the beginning of April to May, the Sakura Tenset Festival takes place here. Nearby is the ethnographic village of Michinoku, where you can see how people used to live in Iwate. Plan to visit the village and park for half a day or even a whole day. Recommended Take a walk along the paths of Kitakami Tenset Park Take a trip through time in the ethnographic village of Mitinoku How to get there Tenset Park is a 20-minute walk from the east exit of Kitakami Station. It is beautiful at any time of the year Kitakami Tenset Park is a great place to relax or walk along the Kitakami River. Many trees were planted here 100 years ago. There are more than 10,000 cherry trees growing along the two-kilometer footpath. Besides them, there are more than a hundred thousand azaleas blooming with many bright colors. In autumn, people admire the change of leaf color here. Swans come to the Tenset in winter, you can feed them or just watch them. A journey into the past There are 28 buildings of different periods in the ethnographic village of Mitinoku. Among them are a prehistoric primitive pit with a roof made of branches, a farmer's estate and a merchant's house. The reconstructed samurai manor, or "Hoshikawa House", is listed as an important cultural property. There are also many other expositions and exhibitions in Mitinoku.