Super Samurai Scenes in Kakunodate…and out and about in Morioka

Yesterday despite the heavy and cold rain in Morioka, we boarded the shinkansen for the 50 minute trip to Kakunodate. Kakunodate is a tiny town whose big drawcard is the fact that during the Edo period it was home to about 200 samurai, and a few of their traditional houses remain standing and are open [...]

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