Hanamaki

• Hanamaki City Sightseeing Association (花巻市観光協会), 3-183-1 Kuzu, ☏ +81 198-29-4522. 
  • Hanamaki Sightseeing center, 10-87-7 Yazawa (in Shin Hanamaki st.), ☏ +81 198-31-2244. 09:00-17:30. 
  • Hanamaki Sightseeing Information, 1-1-43-2 Odori (in Hanamaki st.), ☏ +81 198-24-1931. 09:00-17:30. 

• 🌍 Hanamaki Airport (HNA  ^IATA). Has domestic flights from Osaka (Itami), Nagoya (Komaki), Chitose (New Chitose), and Fukuoka. 

By train, Shin-Hanamaki Station is accessible by the Shinkansen (2.5-3 hours from Tokyo). If your final destination is Hanamaki Station, it is faster to take the Shinkansen to Kitakami and transfer to the JR Tohoku Line. The Kamaishi Line, which connects Shin-Hanamaki Station and Hanamaki Station, only operates about 1 train per hour, so the connections always lead to more time on the train rather than less.

• 🌍 Miyazawa Kenji Memorial Museum (宮沢賢治記念館). A museum which highlights aspects of Kenji Miyazawa's life beyond just being an author. It especially focuses on his religious aesthetics, farming, and cosmology studies. (updated Jan 2021)
• 🌍 Miyazawa Kenji Dowa-Mura (宮沢賢治童話村), 26-19 Takamatsu (15 min walk or 2 min bus ride from Shin-Hanamaki Station). An art museum that takes the works of local author Kenji Miyazawa and turns it into a walkthrough interactive experience. There are 4 rooms inspired by different stories. ¥350. (updated Jan 2021)

Soak and relax in onsens

• Stellamigo Iwate Hanamaki (ステラミーゴいわて花巻). Hanamaki is home to a professional futsal club in Japan's F. League. 

• Kitakami
• Shiwa
• Tono
• Morioka
• Shizukuishi
• Kanegasaki
• Oshu
• Hiraizumi
• Ichinoseki