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JAPAN

Japan is situated in northeastern Asia between the North Pacific and the Sea of Japan. The area of Japan is 377,873 square kilometers, nearly equivalent to Germany and Switzerland combined or slightly smaller than California. Japan consists of four major islands, surrounded by more than 4,000 smaller islands.

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Northern Tohoku

3-DAY MODEL TRIP

Kakunodate - Lake Tazawa-ko - Morioka - Hiraizumi

DAY1

Kakunodate - Lake Tazawa-ko - Morioka

Enjoying the history and nature of Michinoku

DAY2

orioka - Hiraizumi

Morioka - capital of Iwate, city of trees and water

DAY3

Hiraizumi - Motsuji Temple - Chusonji Temple - Geibikei Gorge - Ichinoseki

The golden culture of Hiraizumi and the dynamic Geibikei Gorge

OUTLINE OF THE REGION

Discover another Japan: Route 40 degree North Latitude!

Where does one start an adventure into some of the least-touched, most spectacular northern parts of the main island of Japan? Go straight to the barren far-northern tip to find "terror mountain"?

FOCUS

The Fujiwaras of Oshu

OPTIONAL COURSES

A Course

Oga-hanto Peninsula - Hachimantai Plateau - Lake Towada-ko - Oirase

B Course

Monoka-RyusendoCave - jodo-gahama Beach- Tono

ACCESS

From Tokyo to Kakunodate

Tokyo Station ----- 3 hours 25 minutes by JR Tohoku Akita Shinkansen ----- Kakunodate Station

Return

Ichinose Station ----- 2 hours 45 minutes by JR Tohoku Akita Shinkansen ----- Tokyo Station

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