Three hours and forty minutes between Aomori and Hakodate. Although the distance isn’t long, a trip should be pleasant enough to called “cruising”. Newly built the Blue Mermaid will join the fleet!     In the cabins, reclining “view seats” with a view of the sea and private rooms with a dog balcony which can…read more

“Therefore, my dreams come true, I want to believe so, I want to believe so.” Tohoku Tourism Promotion Organization has appointed Sendai-residing singer-songwriter Rake as Tohoku Tourism Goodwill Ambassador! He is going to write a theme song for a Taiwanese movie “KANO”, which will provide him with an opportunity to promote Tohoku Tourism not only…read more

Get a pass of “Iwaki Hula Girls’ Pass”, with privileges of fixed expressway tolls from the areas of Sendai, Tokyo or Tochigi Prefecture heading to Iwaki City in Fukushima Prefecture, discounts of 50% on admission fees to the Spa Resort Hawaiians and 20 to 28% on accommodations there! For the detailed information, please visit the…read more

Started by seven citizens as an event in winter, Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival is full of poetic sentiment & fantasy. It provides people with an opportunity to remember their ancestors and express their appreciation to their forerunners who set the groundwork for the present peace, while the beauty of snow in a hard frost enchant…read more

Approximately 300 bamboo lanterns are being illuminated in Isatomae Fukko Shopping Village in Utatsu, Minamisanriku-cho in Miyagi Prefecture. Hosted by several groups including Miikekouchiku Committee that organizes bamboo lantern events in the Miike area in the city of Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, as part of the project named “Support the Recovery from the Great East Japan…read more