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Month: August 2015

Northeast Japan: Omagari Fireworks [Trip Day 9.1] 東北:大曲の花火

Posted on22 August, 20152 January, 2018

Concluding our trip was the annual Omagai Fireworks (大曲の花火). It is considered as one of the top three firework events in Japan. We’ve had probably more than enough “top threes” in this trip so far, but more than just a […]

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Northeast Japan: Lake Tazawa, Kakunodate [Trip Day 9.0] 東北:田沢湖・角館

Posted on22 August, 20155 January, 2018

Final day of the trip, the main event would be the Omagari Fireworks (大曲の花火), but before going there, we would take a look around Lake Tazawa (田沢湖) and Kakunodate (角館). Breakfast at That Sound’s Good. Rain started yesterday and still […]

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Northeast Japan: To Akita, Inn That Sound’s Good [Trip Day 8.1] 東北:秋田へ・サウンズグッド

Posted on21 August, 20152 January, 2018

Leaving Juniko in Aomori, we headed into Akita prefecture (秋田県), the last of this Northeast Japan trip. Driving was the sole activity in the afternoon, to cover the 150 km to our stay tonight, at Inn That Sound’s Good, which is […]

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Northeast Japan: Shirakami-Sanchi Twelve Lakes Aoike [Trip Day 8.0] 東北:白神山地十二湖・青池

Posted on21 August, 20152 January, 2018

Shirakami-Sanchi (白神山地) refers to the mountain area in the southwest of Aomori prefecture (青森県). Part of it is a designated World Heritage natural site for the unspoiled woodland. For the outdoor-inclined, there’s no shortage of hiking opportunities, but we would […]

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Northeast Japan: Hirosaki Apple Park [Trip Day 7.1] 東北:弘前市りんご公園

Posted on20 August, 20152 January, 2018

Leaving Cape Shiriya (尻屋崎), we made a u-turn back to the south. There’s quite a long drive ahead – over 200km. The plan was to visit Mount Iwaki (岩木山) – about 190 km to the base – going past Aomori […]

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Northeast Japan: Cape Shiriya [Trip Day 7.0] 東北:下北半島・尻屋崎

Posted on20 August, 201520 January, 2018

Cape Shiriya (尻屋崎) is the grazing ground of its local breed of horse, Kandatsume (寒立馬), and the area is free for visitors to enter. Kandatsume horses look a bit different to the normal horses with their thick bodies and legs, […]

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Northeast Japan: Cape Oma [Trip Day 6.1] 東北:大間崎

Posted on19 August, 20151 January, 2018

Cape Oma (大間崎) is the northern-most point of Honshu (本州最北端), Japan’s main island. This is perhaps less of a significance than the northern-most point of Japan, but with our goal of travelling all over Japan, still a place not to […]

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Northeast Japan: Osorezan [Trip Day 6.0] 東北:恐山

Posted on19 August, 20151 January, 2018

We were getting to the northern-most section of our Northeast Japan trip. Osorezan (恐山) (literally: fear mountain) was our first destination. It is one of the “top three spiritual sites” (三大霊場) in Japan, but no worry if you’re not into […]

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Northeast Japan: Aomori City, Sannaimaruyama Site [Trip Day 5.1] 東北:青森市・三内丸山遺跡

Posted on18 August, 20155 January, 2018

The seafood barbecue was the main event for the day. Then it was a 1.5 hour train ride from Hachinohe (八戸) to Aomori City (青森市), where we would be staying tonight. With some free time to spend, we paid a […]

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Northeast Japan: Hachinohe Hasshoku Centre [Trip Day 5.0] 東北:八戸・八食センター

Posted on18 August, 20155 January, 2018

From Iwate (岩手県) we moved on to the next prefecture, Aomori (青森県). On the northern end of Honshu (Japan’s mainland) surrounded by the sea on three sides, Aomori is a major producer of seafood. While the food was a bit […]

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Northeast Japan: Cave Ryusendo [Trip Day 4] 東北:岩手県・龍泉洞

Posted on17 August, 20155 January, 2018

Going further north, we spent one day in Iwate prefecture (岩手県). Including transport this was a short time, but weather forecast for the day was rainy, which made it not such a good idea to go to one of the […]

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Northeast Japan: Matsushima [Trip Day 3.1] 東北:松島

Posted on16 August, 20155 January, 2018

Matsushima (松島) is known as one of the “best three views of Japan” (日本三景). Literally it means “pine island”, and indeed just off the coast there are dozens of islands or various sizes, interestingly all covered with pine trees. From […]

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Northeast Japan: Yamadera [Trip Day 3.0] 東北:山寺

Posted on16 August, 20157 January, 2018

Our destination for the first half of today was Yamadera (山寺). This means returning to Yamagata prefecture (山形県), but it’s actually just one hour by train from Sendai (仙台). Yamadera actually is just a common name for the temple complex Risshakuji […]

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Northeast Japan: Fox Village, Sendai [Trip Day 2.1] 東北:蔵王キツネ村・仙台

Posted on15 August, 20155 January, 2018

Japan has all sorts of animal places – rabbit island, cat islands (multiple of them), town where deer roam free. And near Zao there is a “fox village”. OK, it’s not a village where people live, but more like a […]

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Northeast Japan: Zao Okama Caldera [Trip Day 2.0] 東北:蔵王御釜

Posted on15 August, 20155 January, 2018

Our sightseeing began today – from Yamaga City we headed towards the prefecture border of Miyagi (宮城県) for Mount Zao (蔵王). Zao is a popular ski resort and its winter “ice monster”  is a famous sight, but it’s summer now […]

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Northeast Japan: Yamagata City and Beef [Trip Day 1] 東北:山形市・山形牛

Posted on14 August, 20155 January, 2018

Today was just to get to our starting point of this Northeast Japan / Tohoku (東北) trip – Yamagata City (山形市). Weather forecast was accurate on it being a rainy day and I didn’t plan for any sightseeing. We could […]

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[Itinerary and Map] Northeast Japan Tohoku 【旅行日程】東北地方

Posted on14 August, 20153 January, 2018

The 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear incident occurred in the region of Northeast Japan, or Tohoku (東北) in Japanese. The region covers a large swath of northern Honshu (the main island of Japan), spanning 6 prefectures, facing the Pacific Ocean […]

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