Best around Tohoku Spot List

The award-winning Iwate craft beer. Take a factory tour by the founder and taste some fresh beer, too.

The view is spectacular during spring and autumn

An onsen resort popular for its open-air rock bath where you can feel the change of the seasons

A deep, mystical gorge stretching over 2 km long. Take the famous ”Boat Ride down Geibi Gorge” for the chance to see countless strangely shaped boulders.

A distillery of Japan's representative whisky brand. The red brick buildings and factory tour are popular.

From workshops to restaurants

A Zen temple associated with warlord Date Masamune. Visit the main hall, which is a designated national treasure, and the architectural masterpiece that is the Kuri (kitchen building).

Sendai Airport, the gateway to Japan's northern area, Tohoku.

A shrine with 2,400 years of history and the largest shrine gate, symbolizing Yahiko.

An onsen town lined with Western-style multi-story wooden buildings from the Taisho Period. Exuding a nostalgic atmosphere, the town is often used as a location for movies and TV dramas.

A famous beautiful spot with as many as 260 small islands, known as one of the three greatest views of Japan, equal to Aki no Miyajima and Amanohashidate.

A museum that illustrates the tradition, culture and origin of ”The Namahage of Oga,” passed down for generations on the Oga Peninsula.

One of the largest all-round private farms in Japan, spreading out at the foot of Mt. Iwate. It offers wonderful natural landscapes, tours of historical buildings, and special farm foods.

A local food street serving Sendai's specialties

A festival of sound and light that brightens the summer night skies of Morioka

A local cuisine restaurant that boasts its superb horse meat dish

A market area located on hill kissed by the sea breeze

Hayashi-han, Azumayama Kokuyurin194, Wakamiya, Inawashiro-machi, Yama-gun, Fukushima-ken

100% powder snow and a long season from the beginning of season to spring skiing.

Special dango (rice dumplings) made by a tofu store