Tenno Sky Tower offers sweeping views of Lake Hachiro and the Oga Peninsula. The variety of facilities here includes hot spring baths for day visitors, a grassy picnic square and BBQ area.

One of the largest product promotion centers in the Tohoku region, the roadside station offers a wide selection of Nikaho specialties, Inaniwa udon and folk crafts. The hot spring bath on the 4th floor provides sweeping views of the Sea of Japan.

The roadside station on Route 108 has a market selling local farm produce and a restaurant where you can enjoy Chokai Komachi noodles made from rice powder of Chokai.

The roadside station is conveniently located on the road connecting Yama-dera and Zao. The fountain performance in time to music is a must-see. There is also a restaurant, a market for local produce and a gelato factory.

The roadside station offers a variety of Murata specialties, processed products such as udon noodles made with broad beans, and homemade pickles. Handicrafts and ceramics by local artists are also displayed and sold.

The market sells fresh fish and seafood at reasonable prices. My Kaisendon where you make your very own seafood rice bowl with the sashimi you bought in the market is popular.

This popular antenna shop sells local specialties, processed products and Higashimatsushima mascot character “EAT-kun” goods.

This is the first service area on the outbound Tohoku Expressway. Peach soft-serve ice cream full of Fukushima peach juice is popular for its refreshing taste.

The unique thatched-roof station is the celebrated gateway to Ouchi-juku post town. Entering the waiting room with its irori hearth is like stepping back in time.

The building facing Mt. Bandai was modelled after a medieval horse barn. In addition to its main collection of works by Spanish artist Salvador Dali, it houses works by Renoir and Picasso.

The Chokai Onsen is characterized by its dark brown hot spring water with outstanding moisturizing qualities. Stay at Yurari, highly reputed for its excellent seafood. Apon Nishihama, bathing facilities for day visitors, is also located adjacent to the hotel.

The manga museum features the world of cartoonist Shotaro Ishinomori. The library constantly contains 6,000 comics and there is a theatre showing animations.

Located at the northern foot of Mt. Asahina, this valley is part of the area that has been designated Shimokita Hanto Quasi-National Park. It is full of nature and spectacularly beautiful with scenery that changes in each of the four seasons. Enjoy walking and "forest bathing" on the approx. 4km-long walkway that runs alongside the valley.

This facility ensures there is always fresh squid to be offered. It has a water tank capable of regularly holding 300 squid. In addition to being able to eat fresh squid sashimi on the spot, the center also sells local specialty products and processed marine products.

From fall to winter, you can see salmon swimming upstream to lay eggs in this mountain stream. The sight of salmon ending their lives in the stream in which they were born moves us and teaches us about the preciousness of life. River fishing can also be enjoyed from spring to fall.

Banyameshi is a restaurant that carefully selects and prepares local seafood. Diners can enjoy set meals made from meticulously chosen local ingredients that are served at a reasonable price. The set meal featuring monkfish is popular, and there are even monkfish-themed goods for sale in the restaurant.

Japanese sake from Hachinohe is made using high-quality local groundwater. There are long-established shops founded over 230 years ago, and visitors can taste new sake unique to this area. *Persons who are driving should never consume alcohol.

The northernmost point of Honshu, Omasaki (Cape Oma), is a small park. There is a stone monument marking the area as the northernmost point of Honshu and a tuna monument (Omasaki is famous for catching bluefin tuna using pole-and-line fishing). On sunny days, the buildings in the city of Hakodate can be clearly seen.

This ginkgo tree was recognized as the largest in Japan during research conducted in 2001. It stands 30m high and has a trunk girth of 18.8m, making it far and away the largest of the many giant ginkgo trees in Japan. Since ancient times, it has been worshipped as a sacred tree. The custom of placing sacred sake and rice at its roots and saying prayers is said to have been practiced for more than 40 years.

This onsen still retains the atmosphere of a traditional Japanese hot spring. With a 350-year history, is said to have been discovered when a wounded fox was seen bathing in the hot spring waters. Be sure to try the popular grilled corn on the cob, sold at street food stalls and souvenir shops in the hot spring town.