Editing Iwate Prefecture (section)

== Culture ==
There are many present-day cultural foods popularly eaten in Iwate Prefecture, some of which include [[walnut]]s, [[wanko soba]] (meaning "bowl noodles") and hittsumi-jiru (meaning "pull and tear", in reference to the way the dough is pulled and torn into oval shapes before being turned into noodles).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sapporo.co.uk/news/japanese-culture-food-iwate/ |title=Japanese Culture and Food: Iwate |website=Sapporo.co.uk |access-date=27 March 2020 |archive-date=27 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327021955/https://www.sapporo.co.uk/news/japanese-culture-food-iwate/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Iwate's prefectural capital [[Morioka]] is also popular for its apples, blooming in May and ready for [[harvest]] from September to November.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://japanold.com/2018/12/16/2037/ |title=A Story of Delicious Apples |website=Japanold.com |date=16 December 2018 |access-date=27 March 2020 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210185926/https://japanold.com/2018/12/16/2037/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Japanese poet [[Matsuo Bashō]] visited Iwate and wrote about it in the journey described in his major work ''[[Oku no Hosomichi]]''. He was especially inspired by the town of [[Hiraizumi]].