Hanamaki

• • Miyazawa Kenji Memorial Museum — 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.
• • Miyazawa Kenji Dowa-Mura — 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. — Address: 26-19 Takamatsu — Directions: 15 min walk or 2 min bus ride from Shin-Hanamaki Station — Price: ¥350

Soak and relax in onsens

• • Iwate Stellamigo Hanamaki — Hanamaki is home to a professional futsal club in Japan's F. League.

• • Hanamaki Airport — Has domestic flights from Osaka (Itami), Nagoya (Komaki), Chitose (New Chitose), and Fukuoka. — Website: http://www.hna-terminal.co.jp/

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.

• • Hanamaki City Sightseeing Association — Address: 3-183-1 Kuzu — Phone: +81 198-29-4522 — Website: http://www.kanko-hanamaki.ne.jp/en/
• • Hanamaki Sightseeing center — Address: 10-87-7 Yazawa — Directions: in Shin Hanamaki st. — Hours: 09:00-17:30 — Phone: +81 198-31-2244
• • Hanamaki Sightseeing Information — Address: 1-1-43-2 Odori — Directions: in Hanamaki st. — Hours: 09:00-17:30 — Phone: +81 198-24-1931