• Yamagata

Hiyoriyama Park is a historic park in the port town of Sakata. The park is a popular sce…

• Miyagi

3M SENDAI CITY SCIENCE MUSEUM is a spot for science where you have fun learning about na…

• Niigata

This is the temple where Sengoku period warlord Kenshin Uesugi spent his childhood years…

• Akita

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

• Miyagi

The Miyagi 3.11 Tsunami Disaster Memorial Museum, located at Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsuna…

• Miyagi

Arai Station is the eastern starting point of the Sendai Subway Tozai Line and the gatew…

• Iwate

Kenji Miyazawa was a talented writer with accomplishments in a wide range of fields incl…

• Yamagata

Uesugi Jinja Shrine was built on the grounds of the former Yonezawa Castle to enshrine K…

• Iwate

The Taro Kanko Hotel was flooded up to the fourth floor in the Great East Japan Earthqua…

• Yamagata

The Denkoku-no-Mori Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum is a museum adjacent to Matsugasaki Park…

• Niigata

The Northern Culture Museum is the former residence of a local wealthy farming family. T…

• Miyagi

Kanrantei is a tearoom built on a small hill on the Matsushima Coast to allow you to app…

• Akita

Shinzan Shrine has thrived as a sacred place for Sangaku-shinko mountain worshipers sinc…

• Akita

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

• Yamagata

Somaro has been opened by renovating the famous Somaya restaurant that was in business s…

• Yamagata

After visiting Japan's only iaido shrine dedicated to the founder of iaido, Shigenob…

• Akita

Matagi refers to the people living deep in the mountains, hunting bears and other animal…

• Miyagi

Shiogama-jinja Shrine has long been revered by ordinary people for protecting the Tohoku…

• Iwate

Across 20 hectares, the Esashi Fujiwara Heritage Park is lined with around 120 Heian-sty…

• Yamagata

Experience authentic mountain training practices under the guidance of a real Yamabushi …

• Miyagi

Arahama Elementary School, where 320 students, teachers, and residents evacuated after t…

• Akita

The local museum, which utilizes the head office of the former Akita Bank, was construct…

• Aomori

You can experience making traditional crafts known as Tsugaru-nuri (Tsugaru lacquering) …

• Yamagata

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

• Fukushima

This station on the Aizu Railway Line is the only one in Japan where the station buildin…

• Miyagi

Naruko Onsen is the place with the longest history of producing Kokeshi dolls. Most of t…

• Akita

Historic Site Osarizawa Mine, which is recognized as a Heritage of Industrial Modernizat…

• Yamagata

Kaikoji Temple is dedicated to two of the six sokushinbutsu (monks who practice austerit…

• Fukushima

We recommend the Kyu Horikiri-tei (Former Horikiri Residence) as a spot to take a stroll…

• Iwate

• Fukushima

Located 314 metres above sea level, Mount Iimori overlooks the former castle town of Aiz…

• Akita

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

• Iwate

Morioka is the city where famous poet Takuboku Ishikawa and children’s story write…

• Akita

Yokote Castle is said to have been built around 1570 by the warlord Onodera Terumichi. A…

• Iwate

The legend of water sprites, known as kappa, showing themselves to humans can be found i…

• Niigata

Tsubame City is famous as a city of manufacturing that is home to highly advanced and di…

• Niigata

Shibata Castle Ruins Park is located on the site of the historic Shibata Castle. It has …

• Miyagi

Designated a National Treasure in 1952, Osaki Hachimangu Shrine was constructed in 1607 …

• Niigata

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

• Miyagi

Hadaka-mairi (an event in which pilgrims parade through the streets of Sendai to visit a…