03201 ／ もりおかし
Iwate PrefectureA cherry tree grows from a rock crack.
Morioka Ishiwari Cherry Tree01 ／ Fire watch station
Completed on July 18, 1913, this two-story wooden building was originally the office of Fire Company Division 4. A hexagonal watchtower sits atop its hipped roof. The city says its style resembles that seen in public buildings such as schools.
02 ／ Important Cultural Property
Completed in 1911 as the head office of the former Morioka Bank, this is a two-story brick building. It was designed by the Tatsuno and Kasai architectural office, led by Tatsuno Kingo and Kasai Manji. The city introduces it as the only surviving work in the Tohoku region by Tatsuno Kingo, who is known for Tokyo Station.
03 ／ Ancient fortress
The city says the outer south gate, the main gate of Shiwa Castle's outer wall, was among the largest of the fortress gates, with five bays and one doorway. Thought to have been strongly defensive, it was reconstructed as a two-story tower gate based on picture scrolls from the late Heian to Kamakura periods.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot July–November 2008)Shot 1974–78
Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））
Living here
The city says the Tohoku Shinkansen Hayabusa takes as little as 2 hours 10 minutes from Tokyo to Morioka. Both the Tohoku Shinkansen and the Akita Shinkansen stop at Morioka Station.
−2.7% since 2015
298,348 → 289,731
242.68km² of it habitable
2024
2.2 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
9.8 per 10,000 people
2023
Population from 2010 onward (municipal boundary changed).2006-01-10 に編入合併（玉山村）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow JR東日本の駅の時刻表（東京駅1039→盛岡駅1565、下り）の列車ページを docs/handoff/tools/jr_count.py（『毎日』だけに絞った写し）で数えた。平日・土休日の両方に同じ分数で載る列車の最速は130分（11B 東京09:36発、5B 東京08:18発）。次は131分（3041B 20:16発）・132分。市公式『盛岡市へのアクセス』（更新日 令和4年1月18日）にも『東京─盛岡：2時間10分(はやぶさ)』とあり一致する (checked 2026-10-23). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
40.7km
See the town as it is now.
Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)
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