Itineraries A JAM-PACKED 8-DAY ITINERARY By JNTO on 27 August 2020
It is easy to get to Tohoku from Tokyo, Osaka or Sapporo. There are domestic flight deals via ANA for foreigners that you can take advantage of! Domestic flights from New Chitose Airport (Sapporo), Itami Airport (Osaka), Haneda or Narita Airports (Tokyo) will cost you less than SGD100 one way and take you approximately an hour to reach Tohoku. Find out more here!
ANA flies daily from Singapore to Tokyo.
It is fuss-free driving in Tohoku! Just make sure you have a valid international driving license! Driving rules are similar to Singapore’s – keep within the speed limits, take sufficient rest at the various rest-stops and slow down within residential areas.
For more information on driving in Japan, please visit here.
● Flight from Singapore to Narita Airport, Tokyo (approx. 7 hrs), transit to Sendai Airport, Miyagi (approx. 1 hr) ● Lunch at Togatta Onsen (Miyagi) ● Kokeshi Doll Painting Experience (Yamagata)
● Stay at Takamiya Hotel Lucent (Yamagata)
● Lunch at Maiko Tea House with performance by Maiko (Yamagata) ● Ginzan Onsen (Yamagata)Be sure to try Ginzan Onsen Tofu and Curry Bread!
● Stay at Yamagata Kokusai Hotel (Yamagata)
AM
● Grape picking at Tendo Ohsho Kajuen (Yamagata)
Learn about the various kinds of grapes and their other seasonal specialities!
● Yamadera Risshakuji Temple (Yamagata)Load up on local Konnyaku snacks before ascending the 1,015 steps to the top!
● Kamaboko (fishcake) Making Workshop (Miyagi)
● Tanabata Making Workshop (Miyagi)● Dinner at a local Gyutan Restaurant (beef tongue) (Miyagi)● Stay at ANA Holiday Inn Hotel (Miyagi)
● Lunch at Matsushima Fish Market (Miyagi)
● Zuiganji Temple (Miyagi)One of the oldest and most respected Buddhist Zen temples in Japan.● Matsushima Bay Sight-seeing Cruise (Miyagi)● Stay in Hotel Matsushima Taikanso
PM
● Lunch at Hatsukoma Honten Wanko Soba (Iwate)Challenge yourself to as many bowls of soba as possible!
● Asabiraki Sake Brewery (Iwate)Free sake-making tour and tasting!● Stay at Hoshino Resorts Aomoriya (Aomori)Experience a pony porter
Make your own candy apple
Nebuta Festival theme show
Shamisen experience
● Green moss walk at Oirase Gorge (Aomori)Learn about the different types of mosses and caramel smelling leaves.
● Lunch at Furukawa Fish Market (Aomori)Pick and choose your sashimi for your very own donburi!
● Apple picking at Hirosaki Apple Park● Tsugaruhan Neputa Mura (Aomori)● Dinner with Tsugaru Shamisen music (Aomori)Specific to Aomori prefecture
● Stay at Hirosaki Park Hotel (Aomori)
● Odate-Kosaka Railbike (Akita)
● Ride on the Akita Nairiku Jukan Railway (Akita)Get to see paddy art on rice fields!● Kakunodate Samurai District (Akita)This was where 80 samurai families once resided at.● Visit the Namahage Museum (Akita)Mythical creatures and their rituals of bringing luck into the new year.
● Dinner at a local Kiritanpo restaurant (Akita)● Stay at Hotel Metropolitan Akita (Akita)
