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Iwate’s Morioka

The Noodle Capital of Japan & So Much More

Donny Kimball
7 min readMay 13, 2021

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Mt. Iwate as seen from Iwate Prefecture’s capital city of Morioka
This story was originally published on donnykimball.com and has been syndicated here on Medium.

Ah, Morioka — Known internationally for its three great noodles and well… not much else. What a tragedy! You see, my dear readers, the capital city of Iwate Prefecture has so much more on offer than just these famed delicious dishes. While often not a spot overseas visitors to Japan flock to…

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Donny Kimball

I'm a travel writer and freelance digital marketer who blogs about the sides of Japan that you can't find in the mainstream media. https://donnykimball.com/