Region · Japan
Where to stay in Iwate Prefecture
This guide covers 7 destinations in Iwate Prefecture, a first-level administrative division of Japan, with 22 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Morioka, Ōshū and Ichinoseki. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Iwate Hanamaki Airport (HNA).
- Destinations in this guide
- 7
- Places to stay
- 22
- Main airport
- HNAIwate Hanamaki Airport
- Currency
- JPYyen
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
Destinations
Destinations in Iwate Prefecture
Every destination in this guide in Iwate Prefecture, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Iwate Prefecture
5 places to stay in Iwate Prefecture from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
Where to stay
More hotels in Iwate Prefecture
17 hotels in Iwate Prefecture recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Geto Onsen | Kitakami | |
| フォルクローロいわて東和 | Hanamaki | |
| ホテルメトロポリタン盛岡 | Takizawa | 1981 |
| (Ryokan)Yuukaen(Ex.Kougeikan) | Hanamaki | |
| ART Hotel Morioka | Takizawa | |
| Bellino Hotel Ichinoseki | Ichinoseki | |
| Comfort Hotel Kitakami | Kitakami | |
| Dormy Inn Morioka | Takizawa | |
| Hanamaki Onsen Hotel Koyokan Iwate | Hanamaki | |
| Hotel Ace Morioka | Takizawa | |
| Hotel Metropolitan Morioka New Wing | Takizawa | |
| Hotel Route-Inn Morioka Ekimae | Takizawa | |
| Jodogahama Park Hotel | Miyako | |
| Kanponoyado Ichinoseki Iwate | Ichinoseki | |
| Osawa Onsen Sansuikaku | Hanamaki | |
| Shikitei | Takizawa | |
| Yusen Shidate | Hanamaki |
When to go
Best time to visit Iwate Prefecture
From the climate of 7 destinations in Iwate Prefecture with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 7 | 2 °C | 53 mm |
| February | 0 of 7 | 3 °C | 50 mm |
| March | 0 of 7 | 7 °C | 81 mm |
| April | 0 of 7 | 14 °C | 109 mm |
| May | 0 of 7 | 19 °C | 119 mm |
| June | 0 of 7 | 22 °C | 132 mm |
| July | 0 of 7 | 26 °C | 200 mm |
| August | 0 of 7 | 28 °C | 188 mm |
| September | 0 of 7 | 23 °C | 169 mm |
| October | 0 of 7 | 18 °C | 135 mm |
| November | 0 of 7 | 11 °C | 88 mm |
| December | 0 of 7 | 5 °C | 62 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Iwate Prefecture
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Iwate Prefecture name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
HNA · Iwate Hanamaki Airport
AXT · Akita Airport
ONJ · Odate Noshiro Airport
GAJ · Yamagata Airport
SDJ · Sendai Airport
MSJ · Misawa Airport / Misawa Air Base
Good to know
Public holidays in Iwate Prefecture, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Japan
Nearby
Regions near Iwate Prefecture
Other regions of Japan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.