• Fukushima

Experience nature’s incredible artwork created over the course of 80 million years…

• Miyagi

Located on the border of Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures, the Zao Mountain Range has bee…

• Aomori

Sannai Maruyama Ruins is Japan’s largest archaeological site of a Jomon period vil…

• Yamagata

Mount Haguro, Mount Gassan and Mount Yudono, known as the Three Mountains of Dewa, have …

• Yamagata

These frost covered trees can only be found in specific regions and are unique in all of…

• Miyagi

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

• Yamagata

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

• Aomori

The 300m triple-arched Tsuru-no-Mai Bridge is Japan’s longest wooden bridge and is…

• Akita

Kaneyu is a nationally registered tangible cultural property and a symbol of Noshiro Cit…

• Miyagi

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

• Fukushima

Goshikinuma, literally meaning “Five Coloured Ponds”, is a group of volcanic…

• Miyagi

Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium houses the largest open-air stadium in Tohoku. In addition to…

• Yamagata

Imoni is a traditional Tohoku stew of taro and meat. It is particularly popular in Yamag…

• Fukushima

Tsuruga Castle, also known as Aizu Castle or Aizuwakamatsu Castle, is famed as an impreg…

• Iwate

Ryusendo is one of Japan’s three greatest limestone caves along with Akiyoshido in…

• Miyagi

The Jozenji Street Jazz Festival is an outdoor music festival held each September in Sen…

• Fukushima

Facing the Pacific Ocean, the Fukushima coast is where the warm Kuroshio Current and the…

• Aomori

Oirase Mountain Stream is one of the most popular attractions in Tohoku and has been awa…

• Aomori

Forming the grounds of Hirosaki Castle, Hirosaki Park is nationally recognised as one of…

• Akita

The Oga Peninsula is the home of the strange creatures known as Namahage, demons with te…

• Iwate

With a history stretching back over 120 years, Koiwai Farm is an important local landmar…

• Multiple Areas

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

• Miyagi

The Sembonzakura is a row of more than 1,000 cherry trees, mainly the someiyoshino varie…

• Aomori

The Hakkoda Snow Corridor is a driving route between the Hakkoda Hotel at Sukayu Onsen a…

• Fukushima

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

• Aomori

Experience Aomori Prefecture’s traditional craft of nanbu sakiori at this facility…

• Fukushima

Ouchijuku was a flourishing post-town in the 17th century. Today the town’s tradit…

• Yamagata

Mount Haguro, Mount Gassan and Mount Yudono, known as the Three Mountains of Dewa, have …

• Iwate

Genbikei Gorge is a beautiful 2km stretch of gorge along the Iwai River flowing from Mou…

• Yamagata

Zao Onsen features abundant sulphuric hot spring water with strong acidity. The town&rsq…

• Fukushima

The 100km2 Lake Inawashiro is one of the largest lakes in Japan. The lake is so big that…

• Fukushima

Among a cluster of lakes and ponds created by the eruption of Mount Bandai, Lake Hibara,…

• Iwate

Esashi-Fujiwara Heritage Park is a theme park featuring over 120 reproduced buildings of…

• Fukushima

Soma Nakamura Castle was the centre of the regional government for 260 years after being…

• Akita

“Namahage” is a folk ritual performed throughout the Oga Peninsula and surro…

• Yamagata

Tsuruoka City Kamo Aquarium is located in an impressive modern white-walled building on …

• Aomori

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

• Miyagi

Naruko-kyo Gorge was created by the erosion of the Oya River. The gorge located in the K…

• Fukushima

Adding colour to Iwaki in summer, the Iwaki Fireworks Festival is a rarity in Japan beca…

• Fukushima

Aizu Bukeyashiki is a historical site of reconstructed samurai residences of the Edo per…