Iwate Prefecture Japan

Iwate Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It is the second-largest Japanese prefecture at 15,275 square kilometres, with a population of 1,165,886. Iwate Prefecture borders Aomori Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the west, and Miyagi Prefecture to the south.
  • Capital: Morioka
  • Country: Japan
  • Region: Tōhoku
  • Island: Honshu
  • Subdivisions: Districts: 10, Municipalities: 33
  • ISO 3166 code: JP-03
  • Bird: Green pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Data from: en.wikipedia.org