Nepina's Kitchen Nirvana

Iwate Prefecture


Morioka has a handful of subcontinental restaurants. The best is found in a small shopping arcade not far from the train station. Tandoori options feature prominently. Dinner sets and all-you-can-drink specials (gosh!) are great value.


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Nearby Iwate Prefecture attractions

1. Rock-Splitting Cherry Tree

0.32 MILES

A huge cracked granite boulder sits in front of the Morioka District Court, out of which sprouts this large cherry tree, said to be almost four hundred…

2. Iwate-kōen

0.33 MILES

If you head east on foot from the train station along Kaiun-bashi for about 2km, you’ll eventually come to this landscaped park, where Morioka-jō once…

3. Sakurayama-jinja

0.37 MILES

The start and end point for the Sansa Odori dancers in Morioka's biggest festival is this modest shrine on the edge of Iwate-kōen.

4. Tazawa-ko

23.96 MILES

The under-visited beach at Shirahama (白浜) is a real find for open-water swimmers and beach bums due to its clear-blue water, shallow entry and…

5. Tatsuko

27.24 MILES

Legend has it that long ago, a local maiden, Tatsuko, believing that the spring water would make her beauty last forever, drank so much that she turned…