Lifestyle and Events

Ichinoseki Living Guide 2023

A comprehensive living guide for those living in the city. This booklet includes information on evacuation sites, garbage disposal, information disclosure and more.
*This is the 2023 edition, no updates are available. Please use as a general guide as details may have changed.

The city's official English web-guide. Check in once in a while for important updates.

Ichinoseki City, candidate site of the International Linear Collider project, is continuing their effort towards the realization of one of the biggest and most important projects in modern physics.

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The Ichinoseki-Hiraizumi Hot Air Balloon Festival 2024

The Hot Air Balloon Honda Grand Prix is one of the hottest hot air balloon competitions in Japan! Top pilots gather to take to the Tohoku...

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National Mochi Festival in Ichinoseki

Best show-case of Ichinoseki's amazing and diverse Mochi Culture. This event brings local mochi enthusiasts and those from all over Japan.

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Murone Shrine Grand Festival; a National Intangible Folk Cultural Asset

A rare festival that brings an ancient story back to life. Roles, passed down through generations by shrine parishioners

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List of Ichinoseki Summer Festivals 2024

1. Iwai River Fireworks Food stalls and watch fireworks at a close proximity along the riverbank. When: August 2nd Where: Along the bank...

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Ichinoseki National Craft Beer Festival 2024

The Ichinoseki National Craft Beer Festival is an annual summer festival held in Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture.

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Kawasaki Fireworks Display

The summer night sky is lit with impressive fireworks such as colorful star mines, and powerful 'nishakudama' which has an exploded...

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Chasing Cherry Blossoms

This year, cherry blossoms are expected to bloom in early-mid April. Here are some of the best places to view them:

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Places that young children can enjoy

Here are my top picks in Ichinoseki for your young children to enjoy. For the full list, which includes swimming pools, playgrounds,...

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Senmaya Hinamatsuri (Girl's Day Festival)

千厩ひな祭り Girl's Day is celebrated on March 3rd of every year. Its most famous feature are the small male and female dolls arranged on a...

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The Daito Water Throwing Festival -

大東小原水かけまつり In the dead of winter, some brave men run through the streets of Daito in Ichinoseki half-naked while being splashed with...

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❄*Icy-noseki ~ winterscapes and things to do when it's cold*❄

Although Ichinoseki's climate is relatively mild compared to the rest of Iwate, it still gets cold and snowy. The west side of the city...

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Welcome to Ichinoseki pamphlet

Here in Ichinoseki, we have compiled some important information about living here in a simple pamphlet.

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Nakatsuyagawa Illumination

This event was featured on a popular nationwide television show 「ナニコレ珍百景」last year, a show in which rare or special things happening in Japa

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Ichinoseki Library

一関図書館 Ichinoseki Library, conveniently located 5mins on foot from Ichinoseki Station's west exit, provides a relaxed environment for...

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Ichinoseki's 'western veggie' project

Originally written for the Kitakami Times: https://www.iwate-ilc.jp/eng/ktimes/a-vegetable-project-to-welcome-the-ilc/ In 2013, the...

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