Morioka, the city with rich culture and full of Japanese history is sometimes refered as little Kyoto in Michinoku(northern Honshu). Check out the video titled Drawn to Morioka.

The video shows a lot of charms in Morioka such as festivals, townscapes, food and nature while a man illustrated each of his adventures of his trip to Morioka.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXxS_7xRt6Y