Best Hotels Near Misawa Station | Air Base Town & Lakeside Onsen
A bilingual air-base town with an aviation museum, a lakeside onsen resort right by the station, and the…
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Best Hotels Near Hirosaki Station | Castle Town of the Tsugaru Clan
Japan's loveliest cherry-blossom castle town — samurai streets, a hundred apple pies, and hotels an easy walk from…
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Best Hotels Near Aomori Station | Nebuta, the Bay & Apple Country
The bayside heart of Nebuta country — seafood bowls at dawn, glowing festival floats year-round, and hotels along…
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Shichinohe-Towada Station Guide | Towada Art Center & Oirase Gateway
Tohoku Shinkansen Guide · Shichinohe-Towada Station Shichinohe-Towada Station: The Horse Country Halt —Towada’s Art Museum, Oirase’s Gorge &…
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Best Hotels Near Hachinohe Station | Miroku Yokocho, Markets & the Tanesashi Coast
Tohoku Shinkansen Guide · Hachinohe Station Hachinohe Station: Markets, Yokocho Alleys & a Wild Coast —Aomori’s Working-Port Powerhouse…
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Tohoku Shinkansen Guide: All 23 Stations from Tokyo to Shin-Aomori
Shinkansen Line Guide · Tohoku Shinkansen Tohoku Shinkansen Guide: Tokyo to Aomori at 320 km/h —Japan’s Longest, Fastest…
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Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station Guide | Japan’s Loneliest Shinkansen Stop & Where to Stay
Hokkaido Shinkansen Guide · Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station: Japan’s Loneliest Shinkansen Stop —Cape Tappi, the Seikan Tunnel &…
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Best Hotels Near Shin-Aomori Station | Nebuta, Jomon Sites & Shinkansen Junction
Hokkaido Shinkansen Guide · Shin-Aomori Station Shin-Aomori Station: Aomori’s Bullet Train Gateway —Nebuta, Jomon Ruins & the Best…
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Hokkaido Shinkansen Guide: Tokyo to Hakodate Under the Sea
Shinkansen Line Guide · Hokkaido Shinkansen Hokkaido Shinkansen Guide: Under the Sea to Hokkaido —Tokyo to Hakodate Through…
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Towada-Hachimantai National Park: The Caldera Lake & Autumn Foliage Drive
Towada-Hachimantai National Park (十和田八幡平国立公園) — established in 1936 across the borders of Aomori, Akita, and Iwate prefectures —…
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Sakura Train Journeys: The Most Scenic Cherry Blossom Train Routes in Japan
Cherry blossom season in Japan produces a specific travel opportunity available nowhere else on earth: the sakura train…
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Hirosaki: Japan’s Best Cherry Blossom Castle — The Tohoku Secret
In the cherry blossom debate that occupies Japanese conversation every spring — Ueno versus Maruyama, Yoshino versus Hirano…
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