Beauty & Spa Oyasu Ravine Justin Velgus The Oyasu area is famous for its volcanic activity deep down in the Earth. The area is strewn with heated pools of water and ...
Activities Visit to Genbikei Gorge Sarah Mathews Genbikei Gorge is located to the west of Ichinoseki, which is where you’ll get off the bullet train if you come from Tokyo.
Nightlife The ASPAM Building Justin Velgus The Aomori Sightseeing Products (and) Mansion, or ASPAM, is the city's largest and most recognizable building. It is minutes ...
Activities Senshu Park Justin Velgus Take a break from the busy city just minutes from the station. It's Akita's Sensu Park.
Activities Montedio Yamagata Rashaad Jorden Montedio Yamagata is one of the few pro sports teams in Yamagata Prefecture.
Activities The Towada Triangle Hitoshi Kawai Enjoy Nature and Festivals in a hauntingly beautiful lake in Tohoku Japan. Majestic in any season.
Culture Hirosaki: Sakura Season Andrew Checkley Tall somei-yoshino trees form tunnels of pink flowers above your head and fill the moats at your feet with petals, while bree...
Culture Shiroishi Castle, Miyagi Brian Sealey For the samurai enthusiast in Sendai, this is the place for you.
Activities Sakuranbo Marathon in Higashine Rashaad Jorden The Sakuranbo Marathon is a popular event in Higashine, and finishers are rewarded with a symbol of Yamagata prefecture.
Culture Dressing Up for Nebuta Matsuri Helen Langford It's all about the bells for the author at the Nebuta Matsuri, held in Aomori the first week of August. It's said that they b...
