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Zao Fox Village
Unique Park with Over 100 Free-Roaming Foxes
A one-of-a-kind sanctuary where over 100 foxes of six different species roam freely in a forested...
Zuihoden
The ornate mausoleum of Date Masamune, Zuihoden is an example of Momoyama-period architecture wit...
Shiogama Shrine
Tohoku's Most Revered Shrine Overlooking Matsushima Bay
One of the most important shrines in the Tohoku region, perched on a hilltop overlooking Matsushi...
Matsushima Bay
One of Japan's Three Great Views
A bay dotted with over 260 pine-covered islands, celebrated as one of Japan's Three Most Scenic V...
Sendai
Known as the City of Trees, Sendai is the largest city in the Tohoku region, famous for Date Masa...
Sendai Tanabata Festival Area
Japan's Most Spectacular Star Festival Celebration
One of the three great Tohoku festivals, held every August along Sendai's covered shopping arcade...
Akiu Onsen
A Historic Hot Spring Valley Just Outside Sendai
One of Japan's oldest hot spring resorts, set in a scenic river valley just 30 minutes from Senda...
Michi-no-Eki A-ra-Date
Royce' chocolate and Osaki produce on Route 47
One of the busiest roadside stations in Tohoku, on Route 47 in Iwadeyama on the way to Naruko Ons...
Michi-no-Eki Jobon-no-Sato
A hot-spring bath on Route 45 outside Ishinomaki
A roadside station with its own hot-spring bath, a few minutes off the Sanriku Expressway at Kaho...
Michi-no-Eki Sansan Minamisanriku
Seafood bowls and a tsunami memorial in Minamisanriku
Rebuilt Shizugawa after the 2011 tsunami, all in one place: the Sansan shopping street, the Minam...
Naruko Onsen
Kokeshi Dolls, a 300-Yen Sulfur Bath by the Shrine, and a Gorge That Fills Up in Autumn
A hot spring town in the hills of northwest Miyagi, about 45 minutes from Furukawa on the JR Riku...
Okama Crater Lake
Zao's Acid Crater Lake, a Few Minutes from a Summit Car Park
A round crater lake about 325 m across at 1,550 m in the Zao range, inside the Miyagi side of the...
Sendai Castle Ruins
Above Sendai on wooded Aobayama, Date Masamune’s former stronghold combines imposing stone walls ...
Sendai Daikannon
A 100 m White Kannon You Can Ride Up Inside, Past 108 Buddhas
A 100-metre white-robed Kannon statue standing over a housing estate in Sendai's Izumi Ward, comp...
Tashirojima
Ishinomaki's Cat Island, a Few Ferries a Day and Nothing to Buy
A small fishing island off Ishinomaki where cats wander the lanes and a tiny shrine honours one o...