Dec21 Morioka

We woke up around bit later at 6am, and made a slow move to get our convience store breakfast. We then headed off at 8:30am strolling back to the station to visit the tourist information office.

Here we learned that a car would be the best way to visit Rysendo caves tomorrow. So we spent a bit of time figuring out the best option and ended up booking through klook. With that set up for tomorrow we headed to the 20th floor of the Malios building to view Morioka from the observation floor. Following this we headed for Seria and then a sports store for a look. At the supermarket Jason got a sweet potato, then the kids and I went to Gusto for lunch at 12:30.

After lunch we walked down to the site of the castle and walked the grounds, then crossed the river and went to the old Bank of Iwate Red Brick building and explored this old building dating before 1911. There was a small market inside where the kids made their own keyring at a stall. Then we continued to walk a bit further, but then headed back to the hotel, in slightly spitting rain at around 2:40pm for a rest.

At 5pm we did the whole what should we eat for dinner - a task now with added complexity due to Jason being coeliac. We found a Nepalese restaurant called Nirvana. We arrived there at 6pm. Here the kids had huge nan bread and a massive plate of rice. Jason had a 3 curry set meal, and I had a chicken curry set meal. It was delicious, and there was more food than we could eat - all for $43aud. On the walk home Jason and Dale got ice cream, then boy and I were too full.Read more