although few blocks walk (not more than 5 mins) away from the main building, the new wing give us the impression of clean & new even there is renovation cover outside our windows. also we appreciate good service that we can leave the luggage at main building which next to JR when we arrived earlier by noon then get it back after sightseeing in other places for check-in at new wing later at night! again lots of shopping & dining choices around the station.
We stayed at the New Wing of Hotel Metropolitan Morioka for one night.
Location is good with a 5-8 min walk from Morioka station (c.f. 2 min walk to the main block of the hotel).
The hotel decor and rooms are quite old fashioned but very well maintained; we enjoyed the Simmons mattress a lot.
If you prefer traditional hotels to new business type ones, then Hotel Metropolitan Morioka would be your cup of tea.