Discover northern Honshu through Sendai, Aomori, Akita and mountain or coastal towns. Shinkansen lines cover major corridors, while local trains and buses complete the journey.
Choose your main rail hub first. Check onward local transport and seasonal schedules before planning multiple stops in one day.
Shirakami730 / Photo AC · Photo AC Terms of Use · CroppedDiscover a beautifully preserved castle town where samurai history, weeping cherry trees, and traditional craftsmanship come together. A Little Kyoto in…
kakunodate · akita · ishiguro-residence · aoyagi-residence · hinokinai-river · kakunodate-kabazaiku-denshokan · Little Kyoto
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Koichi_Hayakawa · CC BY 4.0 · CroppedMiyagi, Yamagata and Fukushima are sometimes grouped together as Minami-Tohoku, or Southern Tohoku. The term is genuinely used in Japan, including in regional…
tohoku · miyagi · yamagata · fukushima · sendai · matsushima · yamadera · zao · ginzan-onsen · aizu · aizu-wakamatsu · ouchi-juku · urabandai · goshikinuma · bandai
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スプププ / Photo AC · Photo AC Terms of Use · CroppedAomori, Akita and Iwate are often grouped together in Japan as Kita-Tohoku, or Northern Tohoku. The name is useful, and the three prefectures have a long…
tohoku · aomori · akita · iwate · hirosaki · kakunodate · hiraizumi · oirase-gorge · lake-towada · hakkoda · lake-tazawa · nyuto-onsenkyo · morioka · hachinohe · sanriku-coast · miyako · jodogahama · oirase-towada
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Traveling from Tokyo Station to the Tohoku region via the Shinkansen (bullet train) is the fastest and most efficient way to head north through Honshu. Unlike…
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ウィキ太郎(Wiki Taro) · CC0 1.0 · CroppedIf you travel far enough north in Japan, two stories appear that sound as if they were invented to win an argument. One says that Minamoto no Yoshitsune, one…
tohoku · iwate · aomori · hiraizumi · sanriku-coast · miyako · sotogahama · shingo
Read more →Every August, three of Tohoku's best-known festivals take place within the same seven-day stretch. Aomori Nebuta runs from August 2 to 7. Akita Kanto runs from…
tohoku · aomori · akita · sendai · aomori-nebuta · akita-kanto · sendai-tanabata
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