Hoku-lio Hokuryo
Welcome to Hotel Hoku-lio (Hokuryo)! We are an ideal base for both sightseeing and business in and around the Morioka town area. All rooms are en-suite and very comfortable. Amenities include towel, bath towel, bathrobe, drier, cable TV, telephone, slippers, tea set and free internet connection in rooms,
need a laptop with LAN port and cable ...
Iwate Prefecture (岩手県, Iwate-ken?) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshū island, Japan. The capital is Morioka. Iwate was historically part of Mutsu Province. It was only brought into the empire around 800. In the Jomon 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 faces the Pacific Ocean to the east, and borders 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.
