Life culture

Local Cuisine

• Differences in food culture by region

Iwate's Dialect

• Greeting words

Iwate's residence

Iwate's Folk Song

• Folklore trilogy "The father of Tohoku folklore, Tadaichiro Takeda"

Name Origin

• Origin of prefecture name << Iwate >>
• Origin of town and village name
• Origin of city name

Iwate's Expressway

Iwate's New Year and Lantern Festival

• New Year
• Lantern Festival

The culture that exchange produces

Iwate's Audiobook

• The sound of the bell of Chag Chag Mako (Morioka City, Takizawa City)
• Night bells (Jyooji Town, Ninohe City)
• Sea cat (Miyako city)
• Wankosoba (Morioka City)
• Southern style bell of Mizusawa Station (Oshu city)
• Origin of the Kitakami River (Iwate Town)
• Oginohana (Gabibi) Oiwake (Ichinoseki City Higashiyama Town)