Tour D | Sample Itineraries | Miyagi: Sendai/Matsushima | Featured Destinations

Tour DTraveling around Sanriku and Tome

Map of Sanriku and Tome area

Trip Details

Day 1: The Sanriku area

Tokyo Station

Tohoku Shinkansen – approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes

Tohoku Shinkansen

Series E5

Hayabusa: Tokyo – Shin-Aomori
Hayate: Tokyo – Morioka/Shin-Aomori
Yamabiko: Tokyo – Sendai

Series E2

Hayate: Tokyo – Morioka/Shin-Aomori
Yamabiko: Tokyo – Sendai/Morioka

Series E5

Series E2

About the Tohoku Shinkansen

Sendai Station

Rental car

Sendai City Information Office – second floor of JR Sendai Station (sightseeing information in multiple languages)

The office is regularly staffed with English speakers. Sightseeing brochures and other information are available in English, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese and Korean.

Hours of operation

8:30 to 19:00

Ishinomori Manga Museum – fun for kids of all ages

A manga museum where visitors can see originals drafted by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, famous for his "Kamen Rider," as well as enjoy attractions created around the Kamen Rider themes. The museum offers screenings of original anime works and other fun things for kids and adults alike.

Ishinomori Manga Museum

Berry Farm Fushimi – U-pick strawberries

Berry Farm Fushimi uses a high-bench culture method for growing strawberries, so they are easy to pick. They offer three varieties of strawberry for direct sale: beni hoppe, akihime and yayoihime.

Availability

Early February to around June (weekends only in February and March)

Hours

10:00 to 16:00

Fee

Adults – 1,000 to 1,300 yen (varies through the season)

Berry Farm Fushimi

Joubon no Sato – a roadside station with a hot spring

The facilities at Joubon no Sato include a shop that directly sells fresh local produce, and a buffet restaurant serving food made from local ingredients. Another attraction is the only hot spring in the prefecture with iron chloride in the water, and footbaths are available to visitors at no charge.

Joubon no Sato, a road stop

Marine Pal Onagawa Fish Market – lots of fresh seafood

The fish market includes six shops that offer seafood freshly caught in Onagawa Harbor, as well as an abundance of other dried and processed seafood products. Enjoy shopping or a bite to eat.

Marine Pal Onagawa Fish Market

Lodging:
The Minamisanriku
Hot Spring area

Day 2: The Tome area

Lodging:
The Minamisanriku
Hot Spring area

Rental car

Minamisanriku Sun Sun Shopping Village – approximately 30 shops

Opened in February 2012 as a temporary shopping center, there are approximately 30 shops and food stalls today. On weekends, a stage is set up for special shows and entertainment.

Minamisanriku Sun Sun Shopping Village

A stroll in Tome's castle town and Miyagi Meiji Village

Tome, located in Miyagi Prefecture, retains an air of the Meiji Period. The town has preserved samurai homes from the daimyo period, as well as Western-style architecture from the Meiji Period, and a stroll through the Teraike district is pleasant, particularly when the famous cherry blossoms are in bloom.

Miyagi Meiji Mura

Toyama-no-sato – Toyoma Tourism Product Center

Toyama-no-sato is a product center that doubles as a tourist information center for Miyagi Meiji Mura of Tome. In the food court, enjoy flavors unique to the area, such as aburafu-don (deep-fried seitan on rice) and hatto soup.

Toyama-no-sato

MokuMoku Land – roadside station Tsuyama

At MokuMoku Land, a variety of special products are available, such as wasabi, wild and pickled vegetables, wood vinegar and fuki flower stem miso. Handmade woodwork and other products are also available for purchase.

MokuMoku Land – roadside station Tsuyama