Morioka, Japan | A Gallery from The Weekend | RNZ National

The Weekend's producer Shaun D Wilson had a one night stop in Morioka, Japan on his way back to Tokyo.

Morioka by night.

Election season!

The rare thing in Japan that is... a supermarket.

Finally at the supermarket, and there's... Almond Fish.

Finally at the supermarket, and there's... juice drinking juice drinking juice??

The site of Morioka Castle.

Iwate Park.

Morioka Castle when it was standing. Construction of the castle started in 1597, and it became the home of the lord of the Morioka Clan in 1633.

The site of Morioka Castle. The Castle was demolished in 1874, and it became Iwate Park in 1906.

An empty plinth on the site of Morioka Castle.

What the plinth used to look like.

Morioka railway station.

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