An Illustrated Japan / Tohoku / Miyagi

Famous Views

The sights a prefecture is known for — the ones on the postcards, and a few that should be.

Okama Crater Lake

御釜

Akiu Falls

秋保大滝

Matsushima

松島

Naruko Gorge

鳴子峡

Yakurai Garden

やくらいガーデン

Hitome Senbonzakura

一目千本桜

Kamiwarizaki

神割崎

Tashirojima

田代島

Katanuma Caldera Lake

潟沼

Kyogama-Hanzo

巨釜半造

Townscape & Scenery

Streets, harbours, hillsides: the places that give a prefecture its face.

Matsushima Bay

松島湾

Okama Crater (Mount Zao)

蔵王の御釜

Zao Fox Village

蔵王キツネ村

Akiu Great Falls and Rairaikyo Gorge

秋保大滝と磊々峡

Tashirojima (Cat Island)

田代島（猫島）

Sendai Castle Ruins (Aoba Castle)

仙台城跡（青葉城跡）

Zuigan-ji Temple and Entsu-in Temple

瑞巌寺と円通院

Naruko Gorge

鳴子峡

Coastline of Sanriku Fukko National Park

三陸復興国立公園の海岸線

Jozenji-dori, Sendai

仙台の定禅寺通

Culture & Tradition

Crafts, festivals, temples and the traditions still practised today.

Sendai Tanabata Festival

仙台七夕まつり

Date Masamune and Samurai Culture

伊達政宗と武士文化

Naruko Kokeshi

鳴子こけし

Zunda mochi

ずんだ餅

Traditional Martial Arts (Yagyū Shingan-ryū)

伝統武術（柳生心眼流）

Shiogama Port Festival

塩竈みなと祭

Ogatsu Inkstone (Ogatsu Suzuri)

雄勝硯（おがつすずり）

Harako-meshi (salmon and salmon roe rice)

はらこ飯

Japanese Swordsmithing Experience

日本刀鍛冶体験

Akiu Craft Village

秋保工芸の里

Life & Daily

Food, bathhouses, morning routines — what an ordinary day tastes like.

Sendai Morning Market (Sendai Asaichi)

仙台朝市

Gyutan (Grilled Beef Tongue)

牛タン焼き

Ryokan stay at an onsen

温泉旅館での滞在

Seafood Rice Bowl in a Fishing Town (Onagawa-don)

漁師町での海鮮丼（女川丼）

Izakayas and Yatai (street-food stall) villages

居酒屋と屋台村

Seafood Barbecue at an Oyster Hut

牡蠣小屋での海鮮バーベキュー

Stroll through Sendai's Arcade Shopping Streets

仙台のアーケード街散策

Local Train Journeys

ローカル線での鉄道旅

Sendai Café Culture and Zunda Shakes

仙台のカフェ文化とずんだシェイク

Create Your Own Seafood Rice Bowl at Shiogama Fish Market

塩釜水産物仲卸市場でのマイ海鮮丼作り