Things to do in Morioka

After hiking Mt Hayachine, Mt Iwate and Mt Hachimantai, we decided to devote the third day of our Morioka trip to the city itself. I didn’t really know too much about Morioka, but was curious to see how it would compare to Hakodate, a city with a similar population count that we visited earlier this year. From a quick Google of what to do in Morioka, one page I read mentioned quite honestly that there actually isn’t that much to do in the city centre itself. One of its main attractions is Koiwai Farm, a really old (and big) farm that is located a short drive outside of the city. So then, what is there to do in Morioka? What I found amusing was that there’s such a thing as the Three great noodles of Morioka. The first of the three is wanko soba, which is just regular soba noodles but in tiny bowls (with the aim of eating like 100+ of them). I decided to give that a skip since you can eat soba anywhere. We decided to do noodles for both breakfast and lunch so we could try the other two…