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13-Day Tohoku Winter Journey
A comprehensive winter exploration of the Tohoku region, featuring luxury hot spring accommodations, traditional craft experiences, and unique seasonal transport like the Stove Train and Tohoku Emotion restaurant train.
13days
26stops
Highlights
- Ride the Tsugaru Stove Winter Train and the Tohoku Emotion 'restaurant train'.
- Private apple pie making and Nambu-sakiori weaving experiences.
- Visit the 'Snow Monsters' at Sumikawa Snow Park and the Sendai Pageant of Starlight.
- Stay in luxury ryokans with private hot spring baths in Aomori, Akita, and Miyagi.
- Exclusive Matsushima oyster harvesting experience with a local fisherman.
Package overview
Group & guide
Private car transfers and local experiences throughout the itinerary.
Transport
Includes domestic flight (HND-AOJ), Tsugaru Stove Train, Tohoku Emotion, Shinkansen (Green car), Spacia X (Cockpit lounge), and private car transfers.
Sightseeing
Features apple pie making, sake brewery tour, lacquerware painting, oyster harvesting, and snow monster viewing.
Accommodation
12 nights in luxury hotels and ryokans including Nambuya Kaisenkaku, Wabizakura, and Chikusenso Onsen.
Meals
Daily breakfast (except Day 1, 12), 4 lunches, and 8 dinners included; other meals are traveler's own expense.
The route
Tap a day or a townYou sleep in Aomori · Hirosaki · Towada · Ninohe · Yokote · Akita · Morioka · Hiraizumi · Sendai · Zao · Nikko — start in Aomori, end in Tokyo.
Itinerary
Day 1 · Showa Daibutsu Buddha
1 stops
⭐ Showa Daibutsu Buddha
JAL 143 (Class J) · Tokyo (HND) → Aomori (AOJ) · 09:50 – 11:10
AOJ → Petit Restaurant Bouquet de France
~25mins by car
Accommodation
Nambuya Kaisenkaku
Luxury Twin Room with private hot spring bath (60sqm) · Check-in 15:00 · Check-out 10:00
31 Hotarudani, Asamushi, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, 039-3501
Meals · Dinner
Meal : - / - / D
Day 2 · Private apple pie making expe… → Hirosaki
3 stops
⭐ Private apple pie making experience
Takayama Inari Shrine
Hirosaki Park (Winter Illumination)
Aomori → Itayanagi
~1hr
Tsugaru-Goshogawara station → Kanagi station
Tsugaru Stove Winter Train (~20mins)
Accommodation
Nambuya Kaisenkaku
Luxury Twin Room with private hot spring bath (60sqm) · Check-in 15:00 · Check-out 10:00
31 Hotarudani, Asamushi, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, 039-3501
Meals · Breakfast / Dinner
Meal : B / - / D
Day 3 · Nambu-sakiori weaving experie… → Oirase Gorge
2 stops
⭐ Nambu-sakiori weaving experience
Oirase Gorge, Lake Towada
Accommodation
Nambuya Kaisenkaku
Luxury Twin Room with private hot spring bath (60sqm) · Check-in 15:00 · Check-out 10:00
31 Hotarudani, Asamushi, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, 039-3501
Meals · Breakfast / Dinner
Meal : B / - / D
Day 4 · Nambu Bijin
1 stops
⭐ Nambu Bijin
Hachinohe station → Kuji station · 11:06 – 13:02
Tohoku Emotion train
Kuji station → Ninohe
~1.5hrs
Accommodation
Wabizakura
Western-style suite with private hot spring bath (70sqm) · Check-in 15:00 · Check-out 11:00
2-8 Aza-Sasayama, Kadoya Nishikicho, Semboku City Kakunodate, Akita Prefecture 014-0515
Meals · Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Meal : B / L / D
Day 5 · Kakunodate → Yokote
3 stops
⭐ Kakunodate Samurai Residence District
Restaurant Astronomica
Yokote Castle
Accommodation
Wabizakura
Western-style suite with private hot spring bath (70sqm) · Check-in 15:00 · Check-out 11:00
2-8 Aza-Sasayama, Kadoya Nishikicho, Semboku City Kakunodate, Akita Prefecture 014-0515
Meals · Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Meal : B / L / D
Day 6 · Yuwa Kousya → Akita
3 stops
⭐ Yuwa Kousya
Akita Castle Ruins
Akita Nagaya Sakaba
Accommodation
Wabizakura
Western-style suite with private hot spring bath (70sqm) · Check-in 15:00 · Check-out 11:00
2-8 Aza-Sasayama, Kadoya Nishikicho, Semboku City Kakunodate, Akita Prefecture 014-0515
Meals · Breakfast / Lunch
Meal : B / L / -
Day 7 · Tsurunoyu Onsen → Morioka
2 stops
Tsurunoyu Onsen
Morioka Hachimangu Shrine
Accommodation
Hanamakionsen Kashoen
Japanese-Western style room with outdoor hot spring bath (105sqm) · Check-in 15:00 · Check-out 11:00
1-125-2 Yumoto, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture 025-0304
Meals · Breakfast / Dinner
Meal : B / - / D
Day 8 · Geibikei Gorge → World Heritage Site Hiraizumi
3 stops
Geibikei Gorge
Lacquerware painting experience
World Heritage Site Hiraizumi
Accommodation
Hanamakionsen Kashoen
Japanese-Western style room with outdoor hot spring bath · Check-in 15:00 · Check-out 11:00
1-125-2 Yumoto, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture 025-0304
Meals · Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Meal : B / L / D
Day 9 · Zuihōden → Sendai
3 stops
Zuihōden
Aoba Castle
Sendai Pageant of Starlight
Accommodation
Chikusenso Onsen
Junior Premier Suite with indoor hot spring bath (61.6sqm) · Check-in 15:00 · Check-out 11:00
88 - 11, Aza Uwanohara, Togatta-Onsen, Zao-machi, Katta-Gun, Miyagi Prefecture 989-0916
Meals · Breakfast / Dinner
Meal : B / - / D
Day 10 · Matsushima → Sumikawa Snow Park
2 stops
Matsushima oyster harvesting
Sumikawa Snow Park
Accommodation
Chikusenso Onsen
Junior Premier Suite with indoor hot spring bath (61.6sqm) · Check-in 15:00 · Check-out 11:00
88 - 11, Aza Uwanohara, Togatta-Onsen, Zao-machi, Katta-Gun, Miyagi Prefecture 989-0916
Meals · Breakfast / Dinner
Meal : B / - / D
Day 11 · Strawberry picking in Nikko
1 stops
Strawberry picking in Nikko
Yamabiko 54 · Sendai station → Utsunomiya station · 12:25 – 13:34
Green car
Spacia X No. 10 · Shimo-imaichi station → Asakusa station · 17:02 – 18:45
Cockpit lounge
Accommodation
Sheraton Miyako Hotel
Club Deluxe Room
Meals · Breakfast
Meal : B / - / -
Day 12 · Taishakuten-sando
1 stops
Taishakuten-sando, Shibamata
Accommodation
Sheraton Miyako Hotel
Club Deluxe Room
Meals · No meals included
Meal : - / - / -
Day 13 · Ginza
1 stops
Ginza
SQ635 · HND · 22:55
Meals · Breakfast
Meal : - / - / -
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