The Yamabiko to Morioka only took 12 minutes to arrive in Morioka, we had the entire train car to ourselves! We arrived in Morioka at 12:06 and found a shop to buy bento boxes. I got a salmon and rice bento and Jives got a mixed fish sushi set. We also bought local craft beers and a radler. I bought us both a Suica card (train and metro pass) at the Newstand, as we would need it to take the […]

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