Depart from Tokyo Station,
Tohoku Shinkansen Hayabusa No. 9 bound for Shin-Aomori

Arrive at Hachinohe Station

Departure from Hachinohe Station

Arrive at Hon-Hachinohe Station

Let’s get some feast
Hachinohe Bouillabaisse Festa https://www.hhrp.jp/hbb/
A bouillabaisse festa featuring delicious seafood from the port city of Hachinohe is now being held!

Learn about Hachinohe at the Hachinohe Portal Museum Hacchi
The museum exhibits and explains the sights and attractions of Hacchi in an easy-to-understand manner through the artwork of citizen artists and curators.
The museum also has a café and museum store, where visitors can experience traditional crafts and have fun.
Portal Museum Hacchi https://hacchi.jp/

Visit Machigumi Labo
It is a place where people come to do something fun in Hachinohe, to energize the city, and to participate in community development! The center of a group of citizens who want to have fun in Hachinohe, want to energize the city, and want to participate in city planning.
They are making Dashi decorations for the Hachinohe Sansha Festival (Grand festival of three shrines in Hachinohe), repairing sidewalks in downtown Hachinohe, etc. They look like they are having a lot of fun.
There is also a gallery, so take a peek.
Machigumi https://machigumi.main.jp/top.php
Please check the Machigumi calendar on the above site before visiting.

Departe from Hon-Hachinohe,
JR Hachinohe Line bound for Kuji

Arrive at Tanesashi Kaigan Station

Winter is the season when the natural grasses shine in golden colors in Tanesashi Coast. The information center is located nearby, so you can enjoy a leisurely stroll.

Tanesashi Information Center https://tanesashi.info/program.html#kikakuten20260104
Eateries near Tanesashi Coast https://visithachinohe.com/park/shoku/

Depart from Tanesashi Kaigan Station,
JR Hachinohe Line bound for Kuji

Arrive at Kanehama Station

Arrive at Hashikami Hama no Eki “Aldiva”
Enjoy walking around Hashikami.

Enjoy a walking tour of Hashikami with a guide who will give you a lecture about Hashikami and the earthquake.
Check out the rare local fish and other items available at Aldiva!

Reservations required
Hashikami Tourism Network Secretariat (in Hashikami town Industry Promotion Division)
Tel: 0178-88-2875 (weekdays from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Duration: 90 to 100 min.

Kannon Jaya East Gate

Jazz cafe locates under temple Terashita Kannon, their Hashikami soba noodles made by the shrine priest who also owns the cafe is very delicious.

Free jazz live music on the evening of Saturday, March 21
Koji Sato Trio open 18:00/play 19:30-
Free admission (must order at least one item from the food and drink menu)

Arrive at Heartful Plaza Hashikami
Watch Hashikami town’s Southern Geinoh Recital
Concert starts at 10:00 Concert will end at 14:00

cafe & HASH BA Take a break at my pace

The cafe was renovated from a miso shop that regrettably closed in 2017.
A relaxing place with an atmospheric red brick building. 3 minute walk to Hashikami station.
cafe & HASH BA My original pace https://watashino-su-pace.me/

Departe from Hashikami station

Arrive at Kuji Station

Depart from Kuji on Sanriku Railway bound for Miyoko
Get the famous sea urchin bento, which is served only 20 servings a day at Sanriku Riasu Tei in Kuji Station.
Open from 7:00 a.m. Reservations call: 0194-52-7310

Arrive at Miyako Station

Depart from Miyako,
on Sanriku Railway bound for Sakari

Arrival at Sanriku Station
Sanriku Station is a station building overlooking Okirai Bay. The New Okirai Hills Café in New Okirai is a café run by local residents.

Shiome
A colorful and unique place that appears just outside Sanriku Station.
The building and objects are made from the remains and rubble and emergency stairs of the former Okirai Elementary School, where all the teachers and students survived from massive tsunami in 2011.
It also serves as a playground for children, a gathering place for local residents, and a resting place for hikers on the Michinoku Shiokaze Trail.

It is named “Shiome” meaning current rip, in the hope that it will become a place where people can interact with each other, just like a tide pool where many fish gather when ocean currents of different currents collide.

Depart from Sanriku Station on Sanriku Railway bound for Sakari

Ahead, the Ayazato district is the site of a massive forest fire that occurred in February 2025.

Arrive at Sakari Station

Depart from Sakari Station,
on the BRT Ofunato Line bound for Rikuzento-Yasagi

Arrive at Ofunato Station

Take a break at Kamome Terrace
The head shop of “Saito Seika”, famous for its confectionery “Kamome no Tamago”
Kamome Soft (ice-cream) is recommended.

Departing from BRT Sakari Station,
JR Ofunato Line BRT

Arrive at BRT Rikuzentakata Station

Takada Matsubara Reconstruction Memorial Park

This park was established to mourn and repose the souls of the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011, and to pass on the memories and lessons of the disaster to the next generation.
There are the remains of the earthquake, Miracle Pine Tree (now a monument), and a folklore facility exhibiting materials from the disaster.
It will be 15 years since the earthquake on March 11, 2026, and this is a must-visit place.

Lunch at CAMOCY, Rikuzentakata Fermentation Park

A commercial facility based on the theme of “brewing.
It offers and sells meals that cannot be made without fermentation, such as bread, chocolate, and alcohol.
CAMOCY https://camocy.jp/about/

Depart from Rikuzen Takata Station,
JR Ofunato Line BRT Rapid bound for Kesennuma

Arrive at Kesennuma Station

Depart from Kesennuma Station,
JR Ofunato Line bound for Ichinoseki

Arrive at Ichinoseki Station

Depart from Ichinoseki Station,
Yamabiko 62 bound for Tokyo

Arrive at Sendai Station

Departure from Sendai Station,
KOMACHI No.28 bound for Tokyo