• Akita

Kiritanpo is a local Akita hot pot dish that includes tanpo (pounded rice baked on a ced…

• Miyagi

You will be welcomed by more than 100 foxes who are let run free here. There are a total…

• Akita

Dakigaeri Valley, with its beautiful and mysterious azure mountain streams, is also know…

• Yamagata

Yamagata Castle was constructed in 1592 by Yoshiaki Mogami, one of Tohoku’s promin…

• Fukushima

A part of the site of the former Japan National Railways (JNR) Nichu Line, which was clo…

• Akita

Senshu Park is the site of the 200,000 stone castle of Satake of the Akita Domain and is…

• Iwate

Geibikei Gorge is an officially recognised national natural monument and is listed as on…

• Aomori

Hirosaki Castle was constructed back in 1611. The castle and the surrounding park opened…

• Akita

One night, Mr. Shuun Konaka, the deputy chief priest of Unshoji Temple, fell in love wit…

• Akita

The “Tenku-no-Fuyajou” (Lantern Castle in the Sky) is a Tanabata Festival in…

• Niigata

Sasagawa Nagare is an 11-kilometre stretch of coastline near the city of Murakami, with …

• Akita

The Omagari Hanabi fireworks festival boasts the top tradition and advanced techniques i…

• Aomori

Located in the northernmost part of the Tanesashi Coast, Kabushima Island is a designate…

• Miyagi

Perched on a small island jutting out into Matsushima Bay with a vermilion-lacquered bri…

• Aomori

Hirosaki Apple Park covers an area of approximately 9.7 hectares, with 2,300 apple trees…

• Yamagata

Due to the special weather conditions of the region, the ice trees in Zao grow large whe…

• Aomori

Among the Sanriku Reconstruction National Parks created on May 24, 2013 to contribute to…

• Iwate

With 1,200 years of history, Osawa Onsen is popular with people coming both for its seas…

• Yamagata

Risshaku-ji Temple is popularly known as Yamadera (Mountain Temple). The rocky mountain …

• Aomori

The scenic local “Aoimori Railway” line connects Aomori and the hot spring t…

• Akita

Godzilla Rock is a rock on the craggy shore of Shiosezaki, on the southern side of the O…

• Miyagi

Before the Great East Japan Earthquake, there were nine administrative districts in the …

• Akita

Namahage is a traditional folk event on the Oga Peninsula. Namahage wears an ogre mask a…

• Miyagi

The Shiogama Minato Festival is counted as one of Japan’s top three boat festivals…

• Iwate

Jodogahama Beach in the Sanriku Geopark is located within the Sanriku Fukko National Par…

• Akita

Odate City Tourist Exchange Center Akita Dog Visitor Centre (Akita Inu no Sato) where vi…

• Fukushima

Iizaka Onsen, one of the most famous hot spring resorts in Tohoku, has been visited by w…

• Akita

The Historic Site Osarizawa Mine, designated as a Modern Industrial Heritage site, is sa…

• Fukushima

With a maximum elevation of 1,622m, the Bandai Azuma Skyline is a scenic driving route m…

• Miyagi

[National Designated Place of Scenic Beauty] 6 meters wide and with a 55-meter drop, thi…

• Yamagata

Atsumi Onsen is a hot spring brimming with nature that has prospered along the clear str…

• Iwate

The "Cultural Heritage of Hiraizumi" was registered as a World Heritage Site i…

• Aomori

At the Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival, one of the five major snow festivals in Mi…

• Niigata

Hakusan Park is a Dutch-style promenade garden neighbouring Hakusan Shrine. This beautif…

• Akita

The Akita Kanto Festival is one of the three great festivals of Tohoku along with the Ao…

• Akita

Yokote City Masuda Manga Museum opened in 1995 as Japan's first manga-themed museum.…

• Iwate

Motsuji Temple is a designated UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site along with nearby Chu…

• Akita

The name Gozanoishi Shrine (sitting stone shrine) is derived from the fact that Lord Sat…

• Niigata

Known as the lake of swans, Hyoko Lake has been designated a national natural treasure.F…

• Miyagi

sendai mediatheque was designed by world-renowned architect Toyo Ito and is ranked as on…