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Iwate

1 quiet, car-free day trip in Iwate — no rental car needed.

A lone angler standing in the clear green water of the Toyosawa River below a mossy rock face in the Shidotaira gorge. — © cora_cola 茶々丸 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

A lone angler standing in the clear green water of the Toyosawa River below a mossy rock face in the Shidotaira gorge. — © cora_cola 茶々丸 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Quiet Hot-Spring Valley of Hanamaki

West of Hanamaki, in Iwate, the Toyosawa River comes down out of the hills through a long, wooded gorge.

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