Odette Kundasai Dragon Roads

Beautiful Dragon Road

You can see a beautiful dragon road at Hachimantai in Japan on late April.
The road is foot print by dragons. If you want to see a photograph of a real dragon, please click this link.
This area is Towada-Hachimantai National Park（十和田八幡平国立公園）.
In the following photograph, you can see Mount Iwate (岩手山） with an elevation of 2,038 metres (6,686 ft).

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Dragon Road with Snow Criff

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Child Dragon Road

Small size road is foot print by child dragon.

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Steam Dragon

This is Matsuo-Hachimantai Geothermal Power Plant. it looks like dragons exhale steam. This is near Gozaisho bus stop (御在所）.

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Industrial Heritage

Matsuo Mine (松尾鉱山), was a sulphur mine located in Hachimanntai city, Iwate Prefecture in Japan.

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Cherry Blossom Viewing

You can see snow and cherry blossom on late April at Takamatsu Pond, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture. Cherry Blossom at Takamatsu Pond is one of 100 best cherry blossoms places.

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Access to Hachimantai

Airport -- Tokyo Station -- (JR Rail Pass) -- Morioka Station --(Bus)-- Summit of Hachimantai

Bus Time Tables by Northern Iwate Transportation Inc.(岩手県北バス）

Morioka Station	Matsuo	Summit Hachimantai
9:30	10:52	11:32
10:30	12:02-12:10 (*)	12:50
12:00	13:30-13:40 (*)	14:20
Bus Fee	940 Yen	1,360 Yen

Summit of Hachimantai	Matsuo	Morioka Station
12:50	13:30-13:40 (*)	15:10
14:30	15:10-15:15 (*)	16:41
15:35	16:15	17:27
Bus Fee	630 Yen	1,360 Yen

(*): You must get a transfer ticket from bus driver at transfer bus stop for bus fee of 1,360 Yen. If you don't get the ticket, your bus fee is 1,990 Yen.
You can buy a bus card for 1,000Yen from a bus driver in your bus

Travel Tips

There are many hotels with hot spring in near Hachimantai.
The Hachimantai Aspite Line is somtimes closed, please check the site of Hachimantai City Plaza (八幡平市観光協会）in Japanese.

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