Best Visiting around Tohoku Spot List

A mystical, sacred place of Shugendo, or Japanese mountain asceticism-shamanism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts

An historic garden surrounding austere Japanese residential architecture

Enjoy the world of science as if you are playing a game

It is 5km or 10 minutes by taxi from Myoko-kogen station of Echigo train! Dynamic slopes lay over Mt. Myoko.

A ski resort with ice-covered trees and hot springs

Magnificent views await at the end of the 1,015-step climb

Appreciate masterpieces of French Impressionism

Strolling around ponds colored subtle shades of blue

A landscaped Japanese garden with a traditional Japanese house and a modern Western house

A park once popular with writers

Enthrallingly steep cliffs nicknamed the ”Alps of the Sea”

An accurate replica of Byakkotai's academy

You'll be captivated by the exquisite beauty of these pale-pink weeping cherry blossoms

Boasting the largest variety of jellyfish in the world

The panoramic view from 1,626 meters up is simply breathtaking

The site of the former mountain castle once considered impregnable

Home ground to Vegalta Sendai

Jodo Teien that has remained almost unchanged

Learn about aviation science

An aquarium where you'll learn from seeing, touching and playing