Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Morioka (盛岡市; -shi) is the capital city of Iwate, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 287,672 and the density of 588.11 persons per km². The total area is 489.15 km². The city was founded on April 1, 1889. External Links Official website in Japanese This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.