Iwate Prefecture (岩手県, Iwate-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on Honshū island. The capital is Morioka.
Iwate was historically part of Mutsu Province. It was brought into the empire around 800.
In the Jōmon period it was an area abundant in fishing and hunting. There were also Emishi settlements in the Kitakami Basin until the end of the eighth century when the Nara authorities penetrated deeply into Iwate, with Fort Shi...
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Iwate Prefecture (岩手県, Iwate-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on Honshū island. The capital is Morioka.
Iwate was historically part of Mutsu Province. It was brought into the empire around 800.
In the Jōmon period it was an area abundant in fishing and hunting. There were also Emishi settlements in the Kitakami Basin until the end of the eighth century when the Nara authorities penetrated deeply into Iwate, with Fort Shiwa, to the north of present day Morioka, constructed in 803.
Iwate was struck by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on June 14, 2008.
Iwate faces the Pacific Ocean to the east, and is bordered by Aomori Prefecture on the north, Akita Prefecture on the west, and Miyagi Prefecture on the south. The prefecture has mountains in the west, north and east, with the valley of the Kitakami River running from north to south through the center of the province and including the capital. The coast is very rugged, with little in between the mountains and the sea....
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