Tohoku
The quiet, rural north of the main island, with samurai towns, remote hot springs and famous autumn colours. Traditional and unhurried, with warm local hospitality.
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Prefecture boundaries: dataofjapan/land
Best Hotels Near Furukawa Station | Naruko Onsen & Gorge Foliage Junction
Tohoku Shinkansen Guide · Furukawa Station Furukawa Station: The Naruko Onsen Junction —Kokeshi Country, Gorge Foliage & Rice-Field…
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Best Hotels Near Sendai Station | Gyutan, Matsushima & the Capital of the North
Tohoku Shinkansen Guide · Sendai Station Sendai Station: The Capital of the North —Gyutan, Date Masamune’s City &…
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Best Hotels Near Shiroishi-Zao Station | Zao Fox Village & Shiroishi Castle
Tohoku Shinkansen Guide · Shiroishi-Zao Station Shiroishi-Zao Station: Foxes, a Castle & the Road to the Snow Monsters…
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Best Hotels Near Fukushima Station | Hanamiyama, Iizaka Onsen & the Tsubasa Split
Tohoku Shinkansen Guide · Fukushima Station Fukushima Station: Where the Tsubasa Splits —Hanamiyama’s Spring Mountain, Iizaka Onsen &…
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Best Hotels Near Koriyama Station | Aizu-Wakamatsu & Lake Inawashiro Gateway
Tohoku Shinkansen Guide · Koriyama Station Koriyama Station: Fukushima’s Crossroads —The Aizu Gateway, Lake Inawashiro & a Business…
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Best Hotels Near Shin-Shirakawa Station | Komine Castle & Shirakawa Ramen
Tohoku Shinkansen Guide · Shin-Shirakawa Station Shin-Shirakawa Station: The Gateway of the North —Komine Castle, Japan’s Oldest Park…
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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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Yamadera (立石寺): Climbing 1,015 Steps to Basho’s Temple in the Clouds
In 1689, the haiku poet Matsuo Bashō climbed a mountain in Yamagata Prefecture and wrote one of the…
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