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Here’s a secret that most travel blogs won’t tell you: eating as a vegetarian or vegan in Tohoku can actually be one of the most rewarding culinary experiences in Japan — if you know where to look. Yes, hidden fish stock lurk...

Most travelers fly into Tokyo, spend a week in Kyoto, maybe squeeze in a day trip to Nara — and then go home thinking they’ve “done Japan.” But those who make it northeast, into Tohoku’s rugged mountains, ancient ...

Off the rugged tip of the Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi Prefecture, a small, forested island rises from the Pacific Ocean — and it might be the most otherworldly place in all of Tohoku. Kinkasan (金華山, literally “Golden Flower Mount...

Sendai is one of Japan’s most underrated big cities — a vibrant, livable metropolis of one million people that combines excellent food, a relaxed pace, and perhaps the most spectacular collection of day-trip destinations of any cit...

Imagine stepping off a ferry onto a small Japanese island where cats outnumber humans — where felines roam the harbor, sleep on fishing boats, and sun themselves on stone walls without a care in the world. That island is Tashirojima, Miy...

Sendai Station is the gateway to Tohoku, and the area surrounding it is a remarkable food destination in its own right. From the legendary grilled beef tongue that put Sendai on Japan’s culinary map, to the lively morning market th...

Sendai Daikannon travel guide: discover Miyagi's 100-meter giant Kannon statue, explore 12 Buddhist floors inside, and enjoy panoramic views of Sendai city — a stunning hidden gem.

Where the Stars Come Down to Earth Every August, something magical happens to my city. The shopping arcades of Sendai disappear beneath an ocean of color — thousands of enormous bamboo decorations swaying overhead, their paper streamers ...

There is a small port city on the Pacific coast of Miyagi Prefecture that has accomplished something remarkable: it has built an entire civic identity around a single ingredient that most people in the Western world consider either a lux...

Matsushima Bay Miyagi Japan travel guide for foreigners — discover Japan's Three Views, Zuiganji Temple caves, fresh oysters, cruise boats & Jo's local sunrise tip.