Aomori
Miyakoshi-ke Hanare / Teien
The estate of an old family in Nakadomari, with main house, storehouses and an Oishi-Bugaku-style garden preserved together.
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FIRST VISIT GUIDE
Before tracing culture and history — how shrines and temples differ, and how to pay respects
Many of Japan's cultural properties are found at shrines or temples. The two belong to different religions, and their entrances and ways of worship differ. Start with the differences and the etiquette.678 entries / page 5 of 29
Aomori
2026 Tatehana Wharf Morning Market
A morning market on the Hachinohe quay. Only at dawn on Sundays, several hundred stalls stretch for about 800 metres.
AomoriCulture & HistoryAomori
Nakamachi Komise-dori
Wooden arcades that Kuroishi's merchant houses extend over the street, a snow-country passage kept since the Edo period.
Aomori
Hirota Shrine
A shrine said to date from 996, its grounds planted with the flowers of Tsugaru.
Aomori
Horo-yoi Stroll with Dr. Shimokita
A walk through Tanabu in Mutsu with a local guide, hearing how the town came together, including the alleys ringing the shrine.
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Former 59th Bank Head Office (Aomori Bank Memorial Hall)
A bank building founded in 1879. Moved and preserved, its interior decoration remains as it was.
AomoriCulture & HistoryAomori
Tsugaru Kaikyo Bunkakan Arsas
A cultural centre in Sai village, next to the pier for boats around Hotokegaura.
AomoriCulture & HistoryAomori
Tsugaru Shamisen Kaikan
A hall in Kanagi, held to be the birthplace of the Tsugaru shamisen, where you hear it played and learn its history.
Miyako
Miyako-shi Saigai Shiryo Denshokan
An archive opened in 2025. About 130 items cover not only the Sanriku tsunami but the range of disasters the city has seen.
Miyako
Hei River Auto Campground
A drive-in campsite along the Hei River in Miyako. Each pitch has power, and a hot spring adjoins.
Miyako
Okunai Tamokuteki Undojo Korokoro
A 1,000-square-metre indoor ground in Miyako. Artificial turf means the weather never stops play.
Miyako
Miyako City Omo-e Marine Experience Center Enyado
A hands-on centre in Omoe, Miyako. Try seafood processing, and buy live fish and wakame direct.
Ichinoseki
Farm Restaurant Yumemiru Otome-no-Yakata
A farmhouse restaurant in a 200-year-old house in Ichinoseki, serving mochi dishes and showing village life.
Ninohe
Sakata Shikkiten
A lacquerware shop in Joboji, Ninohe. In the town that produces more lacquer than anywhere in Japan, it keeps Joboji-nuri alive.
Yamada
Uranohama Beach
A swimming beach in Yamada, reopened in 2017, with an oyster hut and a science museum nearby.
Ichinoseki
Aijo Ringo-en
An apple orchard in Ichinoseki overlooking the Tategamori farm, with picking on autumn weekends.
Miyagi
Kesennuma Shark Museum
Ten minutes by car from Kesennuma Station, at the port that lands more shark than any other in Japan.
AkitaCulture & HistoryAkita
Akita City Folk Performing Arts Heritage Center (Neburi Nagashi-kan)
A centre in Akita City where you can try lifting a full-size kanto pole.
AkitaCulture & HistoryAkita
Akita Dog Museum (Akita Dog Preservation Society)
The Akita dog preservation society's building in Odate. A museum on the third floor holds the breed's history.
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Senshū Kōen
A park on the site of Kubota Castle, with about 700 cherry trees, followed by azaleas and wisteria in early summer.
Akita
Masuda Tourist and Local Products Center "Kura-no-Eki"
A centre among the storehouse streets of Masuda in Yokote, opening a building that was once an ironmonger's.
AkitaCulture & HistoryAkita
Akita Geijutsu Gekijō Milhas
A cultural centre in Akita City opened in 2022, with halls large and small.
Akita
Wappa Building (magewappa-making experience)
A magewappa shop in Odate. Try the process of bending cedar into shape.
YamagataCulture & HistoryYamagata
Kuki Shrine
A shrine in Asahi built in 1990, whose object of worship is the air itself.