※ Japan has 8 regions, grouped into 47 prefectures.
Iwate
Iwate Prefecture (岩手県, Iwate-ken)is the least populated region on Honshu. Poet, Matsuo Basho wrote about the town Hiraizumi in Oku no Hosomichi . But the real star of Iwate is farmer, scientist, musician and philosopher Kenji Miyazawa from Hamamaki.