Names of major cities in each prefecture in the Tohoku region and access from Tokyo |
Travel time to Morioka using the Japan Railway (JR) system.
| Name of train station | Travel time by Shinkansen |
| Sendai | 50 minutes |
| Fukushima | 1 hour 20 minutes |
| Yamagata | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Aomori | 2 hours 15 minutes (via Tohoku Honsen Line) |
| Akita | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Tokyo | 2 hours 30 minutes |