Iwate University

Iwate University is located in Morioka. This city in the center of Iwate Prefecture is not only the prefectural capital, with a population of approximately 290,000 people, it has rapidly developed as the core city of the northern Tohoku region since the opening of the Tohoku Shinkansen line in 1982. It is rich with the colors of the natural world, showing the changing seasons; here and there the streets have the charms of an old-world castle town, and vibrancy and elegance exist in harmony. Morioka is truly a city that lives up to its alternate name, ''Toryo (Forest Hill).'' Three rivers flow through the city: the Kitakami, Nakatsu, and Shizukuishi. Follow the waters of the Kitakami River and look upwards, and you can see the grand figure of Mount Iwate, known as ''Mount Fuji of the Nambu area,'' from wherever you are.

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