Sendai Tanabata Matsuri is known for its splendid decorations on bamboo poles. One bamboo pole decoration costs from hundreds of thousands to millions in yen, they say, and one bamboo pole is usually decorated with five sets of streamers.read more

Sea urchin in Sanriku is in season now. Minami-sanriku San San Shopping Street in Minami-sanrikucho in Miyagi Prefecture has an original menu with plenty of sea urchin, and I went there to taste that on July 22.read more

Usually, we enjoy oysters in winter but the best season of “iwagaki (rock oyster)” is summer, from June to August, in Tohoku on the coast of the Japan Sea.read more

From Hinamatamura in Fukushima Prefecture, heading to Ozenuma swamp via Numayama Pass.read more

Kaminoyama city in Yamagata Prefecture is repositioning it as a destination for spa therapy (Kurort), offering walking sessions in semi-natural areas close to the spa resort quarter or Zaobodaira of 1,000 meter above sea level, based on German method called Climatherapy.read more

Consecutive tropical days versus saving energy and electricity. How to stay out of the summer heat and sunlight? The answer is:read more

Ishinomaki City used to be one of the largest fish ports in Japan before the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. On June 9, I visited Ishinomaki Machinaka Fukko Marché set for recovery from the disaster in the central area of the city.read more

Approximately 50 wetlands in Japan are listed as Ramsar site. There are 8 sites in Six Tohoku prefectures and Niigata prefecture including Hotokenuma in Aomori, Oyama Kami-ike and Shimo-ike in Yamagata, and Oze over Fukushima and Gunma.read more

Following the launch of multi-entry visa to Chinese tourists who will at least stay in one of three Tohoku prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima in July, the first tour group from China arrived at Sendai.read more

Situated on the borders of Akita, Miyagi, and Iwate Prefectures, Mt. Kurikoma is accessible by mountain trail from each prefecture. With its peak of 1,627 meters above the sea, graceful mountains and hills with many swamps surround the area.read more