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SHIMOKITA
Hokkaido PENINSULA
Mutsu
Minmaya Wakinosawa
SAPPORO
Rokkasho
Hiranai Sea of Japan
AOMORI (East Sea)
Goshogawara Noheji
AOMORI Misawa
Iwaki-san
Fukaura 1,625 m
HIROSAKI TOKYO
Hachinohe KYOTO
OSAKA
Taneichi
Hachimori Odate Pacific Ocean
Takanosu Ninohe Kuji
Noshiro NATIONAL PARK KAGOSHIMA
OGA AKITA Kuzumaki Locator Map
PENINSULA Fudai
Gojome
Oga Moriyoshi-yama Clear waters and the rugged coastline of
1,454 m Iwate-san Iwaizumi
TOWADA-HACHIMANTAI
2,041 m
Akita MORIOKA Sado Island
KAKUNODATE Miyako
Todoga-saki
Omagari IWATE Yamada
Honjo HANAMAKI Getting Around
Yokote Ou-sanmyaku TONO Two main shinkansen lines penetrate this region:
Kisakata Kitakami Kamaishi one from Tokyo to Niigata, the other from Tokyo to
Tobi-shima Mizusawa Hachinohe via Sendai. Branch shinkansen lines run
Chokai-san Ogachi Ofunato
2,237 m to Yamagata and Akita. From Hachinohe, a main line
HIRAIZUMI Rikuzen-Takata continues north and on to Hokkaido via the Seikan
Sakata Kaneyama Ichinoseki Kesennuma Tunnel. Much slower branch lines – some private –
DEWA SANZAN serve towns along both coasts and in the interior.
TSURUOKA Nikko is an easy day trip from Tokyo; elsewhere allow
Shinjo
Atsumi Obanazawa TOBOKU EXPRESSWAY TOBOKU SHINKANSEN Shizugawa plenty of time for travel. A rental car is a good option
for getting off the beaten track.
Sanpoku YAMAGATA MIYAGI
Awa-shima Tendo Ishinomaki
Hajiki-zaki MATSUSHIMA Key
Murakami Yamagata Natori SENDAI Expressway
Aikawa Ryotsu Arakawa BANDAI-ASAHI NATIONAL PARK Nanyo Major road
Other road
Shibata Iwanuma Main Railway
Niigata Yonezawa
Ogi SADO Iide-san Soma Minor Railway
ISLAND Niitsu 2105 m Border
Shirone KITAKATA Fukushima
Haramachi
Nihonmatsu
NIIGATA
BANETSU EXPRESSWAY
Nagaoka Koriyama Namie
Kashiwazaki AIZU WAKAMATSU Otakine-yama
1193 m
Ojiya FUKUSHIMA Sukagawa Tomioka
Itoigawa Koide
Tajima Ishikawa
JOETSU SHINKAUSEN
Joetsu
Muika NIKKO TOBOKU EXPRESSWAY Shirakawa
Hiuchiga-take NATIONAL Kuroiso Iwaki
2346 m
PARK
Mikuni-toge Yaita
1244 m Shirane-san Daigo Kitaibaraki
2578 m NIKKO
TOCHIGI Takahagi
Maebashi Utsunomiya MASHIKO
Tokyo Katsuta
Oyama Kasama
Shimodate Mito
IBARAKI Weeping cherry trees in Hirosaki
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