• Yamagata

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

• Iwate

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

• Niigata

This fireworks festival sees the launch of many large spherical fireworks, including the…

• Iwate

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

• Iwate

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

• Multiple Areas

Facing the Japan Sea, the unique topography of Mount Chokai rises dramatically from sea …

• Iwate

The Bank of Iwate Red Brick Building was built in 1911 as the head office for Morioka Ba…

• Yamagata

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

• Niigata

This market features the very best foods that Niigata has to offer, from merry-go-round …

• Multiple Areas

Choshi Otaki Falls is the leading waterfall on the main course of the Oirase Stream that…

• Miyagi

The Nakahama Elementary School has been preserved as it was at the time of the disaster,…

• Fukushima

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

• Iwate

Appi Kogen is a 2,000-hectare stretch of highlands 800m to 900m above sea level. The hig…

• Fukushima

Sazae-do is a three-storied, hexagonal pagoda with the look of an optical illusion. Offi…

• Fukushima

Fukushima is a leading “fruit kingdom” in Japan. Leveraging the unique clima…

• Aomori

The Tatehana Wharf Morning Market is an extra-large morning market, purportedly the larg…

• Aomori

Arts Towada is a project based on the concept of developing the outside space along Kanc…

• Akita

Kuroyu Onsen is a hidden hot spring located deep in the mountains surrounding Nyuto Onse…

• Akita

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

• Iwate

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Aomori

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

• Miyagi

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

• Miyagi

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

• Niigata

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

• Aomori

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

• Multiple Areas

Hakodate's clean air, narrow topography, the sea on both sides, and the lights creat…

• Aomori

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

• Niigata

Senami Onsen is a famous hot spring resort just 10 minutes by car from Murakami Station.…

• Aomori

The 2.5km Hakkoda Ropeway offers superb views of the natural scenery of the Hakkoda Moun…

• Akita

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

• Fukushima

Akabeko is a folk toy born in Aizu and also considered a lucky charm. Paint it as y…

• Miyagi

Zuiganji is the family temple of Masamune Date, a famous feudal lord of the Age of Civil…

• Niigata

With a history stretching back 2,400 years, the Yahiko Shrine has been worshipped since …

• Yamagata

Visitors can experience climbing to the inner sanctuary at the top of the 1,015-step sta…

• Akita

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

• Aomori

Among the twelve lakes in the vast beech forests of the Shirakami-Sanchi, a registered W…

• Fukushima

Miharu Takizakura is a red weeping cherry tree designated as a natural monument of Japan…

• Miyagi

With an area of 491 hectares (369 hectares for Izunuma Swamp and 122 hectares for Uchinu…