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A former castle town on the confluence of three rivers, the small, congenial city of MORIOKA is the terminus of the Tohoku Shinkansen. It has no outstanding sights, but the attractive setting, range of accommodation and interesting local cuisine make Morioka a good overnight stop on the journey through northern Honshu. With a couple of hours to spare, you could stretch your legs around the castle ruins and some of the older neighbourhoods, or take a bus out to a rather bizarre art museum. Additionally, Morioka is one of the main access points for hikes around the nearby Hachimantai plateau . The city has two major summer festivals . At the end of the rice-planting season the Chagu-Chagu Umakko (June 15) features a fifteen-kilometre procession of richly caparisoned horses, ending at the city's Hachiman-gu shrine. Then, in early August (2-4), thousands of dancers parade through town during the Sansa Odori , accompanied by flutes and drums, followed by a general knees-up.
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