Sakegawa Village: The Totoro Tree Is Just the Beginning — Yamagata
There’s a cedar in Sakegawa Village that stands about twenty metres tall with a trunk over six metres around, forked […]
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Akiu Otaki Falls: The Road That Keeps Going After the Waterfall — Sendai, Miyagi
The turn onto Route 131 is easy to miss if you’re following the navigation app, which wants you back on
Onogawa Onsen: The Walkable Hot Spring Town Yamagata Doesn’t Advertise — Yonezawa
The candle inside the snow hut throws an orange light that barely reaches past its own walls, so from the
Kurate Chaya: The Teahouse That Has Watched Travelers Cross Nakayama Pass for 150 Years — Fukushima
Route 49 climbs out of Koriyama toward Lake Inawashiro in long, patient curves, the kind of road where you settle
Bikki-ishi: The Frog Rock, Its Myth, and the Restaurant That Shares Its Name — Yonezawa
The rock doesn’t announce itself. You’re climbing through cedar and mixed oak on the last stretch below the summit, the
Ubayu Onsen: The Secret Hot Spring Yamagata Has Been Guarding for Nearly 500 Years — Yonezawa
The bridge sways underfoot, and somewhere below it in the dusk a stream is making more noise than its size
Lake Towada: The Caldera That Keeps People Away — and Draws Them Back
The bus from Aomori takes nearly two hours. From Hachinohe it’s longer. There’s no train station at the lake —