Morioka
Morioka is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. As of 1 August 2023, the city had an estimated population of 283,981 in 132,719 households, and a population density of 320 per square kilometre (830/sq mi). Wikipedia
Population 290,553 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Japan
- January: 9 h 39 of daylight
- February: 10 h 42 of daylight
- March: 11 h 53 of daylight
- April: 13 h 13 of daylight
- May: 14 h 20 of daylight
- June: 14 h 57 of daylight
- July: 14 h 43 of daylight
- August: 13 h 46 of daylight
- September: 12 h 30 of daylight
- October: 11 h 13 of daylight
- November: 10 h 02 of daylight
- December: 9 h 23 of daylight
Getting there
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Through the year
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Chagu Chagu Umakko
June
A parade of 100 colorfully decorated horses
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Sansa Odori
August
The much anticipated summer taiko (Japanese drum) festival.
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Hachiman Shrine Festival
September
3 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Morioka); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
More train stations: Kami-Morioka 3.1 km, Iwate-Iioka 3.3 km, Yamagishi 4.1 km, Maegata 5.3 km, Aoyama 5.4 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.