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Submerged forest at Lake Akiogi

The submerged forest at Lake Akiogi can only be seen from May to June! The mysterious sight of trees floating on the lake...

In Senboku City, Akita Prefecture, north of Lake Tazawa, there is a dam lake called Lake Shusenko, where you can see a mysterious sight for a limited time. This time, we will introduce the "Submerged Forest of Lake Shusenko.".

AoiwaAoiwa2023.07.18

Nagai Dam

[Yamagata Prefecture] Enjoy summer at the dam lake! Nagai City's "Nagai Dam Lake" is full of attractions

Nagai City, Yamagata Prefecture, is home to two dams. They play important roles, providing electricity (power plants) essential to the daily lives of local residents and regulating floods caused by heavy rain. The dam lakes are a treasure trove of nature, and are a popular spot for picking wild vegetables nearby.

ikokeikoke2023.06.23

Let's climb Mt. Zao! See the highest peak of the Zao mountain range, Mt. Kumano, and the highest peak on the Miyagi side, Mt. Katta...

Zao, which straddles Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures, is a famous mountain known nationwide for its symbolic "Okama" crater, winter sports, and frost-covered trees. Surprisingly, it's not widely known that a standalone mountain called Zao exists...

FitzroyFitzroy2023.05.29

The scenery of Urabandai

Ura-Iwa is a beautiful place with a spectacular landscape created by volcanoes and large and small lakes and marshes.

Bandai Volcano (located in Inawashiro Town, Bandai Town, and Kitashiobara Village in Fukushima Prefecture) is a volcanic volcano that includes Mount Bandai (Obandai, 1,816m above sea level) and Mount Kushigamine...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.04.03

Check out all the cities and towns in Iwate Prefecture, the hometown of players Ohtani and Roki Sasaki...

As the weather warms up, it's the perfect season to travel to Iwate Prefecture. Iwate Prefecture is made up of 33 cities, towns, and villages, each with its own unique characteristics. If you're traveling to Iwate from outside the Tohoku region...

SatomioriSatomiori2023.03.23

Asaka Canal

The Asaka Canal, a major Meiji era construction project that transformed the Asaka Plains in Koriyama City into fertile land [Fukushima Prefecture]

There is an irrigation canal that runs from Lake Inawashiro to Koriyama City. It is a canal that supplies water to Koriyama City by digging a tunnel through the mountains between Lake Inawashiro and Koriyama City. The Asaka Canal is a waterway that runs through the mountains between Lake Inawashiro and Koriyama City.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.12.23

The mysterious world of Shimokita Peninsula Geopark: "The northernmost monkeys at Mount Osore and Hotokegaura" [Aomori Prefecture]

The Shimokita Peninsula is the northernmost point of Honshu, jutting out into the Pacific Ocean from Aomori Prefecture. Its shape is often likened to Kintaro's axe or an axe. The northernmost tip of the Shimokita Peninsula...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.12.04

[Inawashiro Town, Fukushima Prefecture] A visit to Inawashiro Herb Garden in autumn for some Instagrammable photos...

Lake Inawashiro is also nearby, making it a perfect driving spot. I'd like to introduce it as a recommended spot. There are plenty of images so you can enjoy it just by looking at the photos, so please read to the end...

ikokeikoke2022.10.31

[Southern Tohoku] Introducing third-sector railway lines in Yamagata and Fukushima prefectures where you can get a train stamp!

"Tetsuin" is a card bearing the name of a local railroad company or line, and is the railroad equivalent of the red seal stamps found at shrines and temples. It's a project launched in June 2020 by the Third Sector Railway Association and Travel Yomiuri Publishing...

DaiwaConsilioDaiwaConsilio2022.10.28

[Semboku City, Akita Prefecture] A hotly talked about craft beer! Is it called "Akita Inu"?

Craft beer, or local beer, is gaining popularity across Japan, much like local gourmet food. It's so popular that almost everyone knows about it. Of course, there are plenty of specialty craft beers in the Tohoku region, too.

ikokeikoke2022.10.15

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