Travel Postcard: 48 Hours in Morioka, capital of 'Japan's Tibet'

MORIOKA, Japan (Reuters) - Once viewed as a backward part of northeast Japan, so snowy it was known as "Japan's Tibet," the city of Morioka and surrounding Iwate prefecture came into their own 30 years ago, when the superfast Shinkansen train began running up north.

By Elaine Lies

January 11, 2013