Waiwai

Northern Honshū (Tōhoku)


This friendly local eatery has novel food items, including nattō-filled fish cake and the refreshing alcoholic orange nacchiku drink. The owner is a mini celebrity around these parts.


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Nearby Northern Honshū (Tōhoku) attractions

1. Ippon-matsu

1.91 MILES

More than 70,000 pine trees lined the coastline around Rikuzen-takata until 2011, when all but one were destroyed in the tsunami. That tree, known as the…

2. Goishi Kaigan

6.43 MILES

This 6km scenic stretch of rocky coastline and picturesque beaches around Ōfunato is home to a number of geological attractions, including Ranboya Gorge,…

3. RIAS Ark Museum of Art

11.28 MILES

High in the hills above Kesennuma, this local art museum houses the largest collection of photographs and artefacts in existence relating to the 2011…

4. Aragami Jinja

18.98 MILES

You may need to ask a local to take or direct you to this photogenic little shrine in the middle of a luminous yellow field of canola. If you're a…

5. Gohyaku Rakan

21.18 MILES

In the hills above Tōno, these eerie, moss-covered rock carvings of five hundred disciples of Buddha were fashioned by a priest to console the spirits of…

6. Kamaishi Dai-kannon

21.22 MILES

In the hills above Kamaishi, this enormous (48.5m) statue of the Goddess of Mercy has witnessed much tragedy below, but remains a source of hope for…

7. Tōno Municipal Museum

21.31 MILES

With exhibits depicting some of Tōno's famous legends, this museum provides a good measure of background information and context for what's to come in the…

8. Unedori-sama

21.32 MILES

About 2.5km southwest of Tōno Station is Unedori-sama, the matchmaking shrine. According to legend, if you tie a strip of red cloth around one of the…