The Tohoku Region: #3 on Lonely Planet’s “Best in Travel 2020”
LonelyPlanethasrecentlyreleasedtheirtoptravelrecommendationsfortheyear2020,andtheyhavenamedtheTohokuregionas#3ontheirbes…
Read OnSeptember in the Hachinohe Area
Septembermarksthebeginningoffall,andfortheHachinoheArea,itisthestartoftheharvestseason.Throughoutthemonth,thebountyfromt…
Read OnThe Hachinohe Area: Where to Begin
IsthisyourfirsttimeintheHachinoheArea?Thenthisistheitineraryforyou! ItcoversnotjustthecityofHachinohe,butthesurroundingt…
Read OnOyamada Senbei Shop: Making Nanbu Senbei for over 100 Years
Inasmalltwo-storybuildingnearthecenterofthetownofSannohe,theOyamadaSenbeishophasbeenmakingitsfamousNanbusenbeiforover100…
Read OnA Tour of the Senses
ThisgreatitineraryfindswaystouseallfiveofyoursensesasyoulearnandexperiencetheHachinoheArea.FromgrillingyourownNanbuSenbe…
Read OnFrom the Mountains to the Sea
OneofthebestthingsabouttheHachinoheAreaisthatonecanexperiencethebreathtakingsceneryandatmosphereofboththecoastandthemoun…
Read OnThe ‘Eleven Hungry Cats’ of Sannohe
ElevenHungryCatsisafamouschildren’sbookseriesfromJapan.Theseriesfollowsthecomicalstoryofelevencatswhoareleadbytheirleade…
Read OnThe Shiroyama Park & Sannohe Museum of Local History and Culture
Duringthewarringstatesperiod(aroundthemid-1600s)theNanbuclancastlelocatedinNanbutownwaslostinafire.Afterthefire,thecland…
Read OnWalking Tour of Sannohe
ThetownodSannoheonceflourishedasacastletownoftheNanbuclanduringthewarringstatesperiodandlaterasaposttownduringtheEdoera.…
Read OnTrace Back Time: the Clan of the North
TheNanbuClanwasoriginallyformedintheprovinceofKai(present-dayYamanashi).TheclanwasactiveasimmediatevassalstotheKamakuraB…
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