Michinoku Coastal Trail Hirono Section Trail Head / End Point Officially Open From Kadonohama to Nakano: Two Day Course Coming Soon Sanriku Fukko Taneichi High School Kawajiri Tsunami Memorial Tower Hirono Marine Hall UNIQUE This is the only high school in Japan with a Don’t miss the public enjoying the sea view from your Marine Development Course where students Sanriku Tsunami. Hirono Town has a long history of marine products and souvenirs. On the window. Your walking course starts can learn diving techniques. Graduates who suffering serious damage from tsunamis, and currently Nanbu diver’s helmet. third floor restaurant, here. have mastered the Nanbu Moguri—a contains a total of seven tsunami stone markers. you can enjoy food using local ingredients, Hama-no-Torii in Hirono Town—work in oceans all over the Taneichi Shopping District especially seafood. Shin-Aomori world. You can watch students training Sea Urchin Farm There is a shop on this street See the nearby #9 新青森 This big red torii gate faces the selling sweets inspired by Museum of History and Tohoku Shinkansen Line Aoimori Railway ocean to welcome gods coming all the way from beyond the sea. Local 10-meter diving pool. Taneichi High School sea rock so that seaweed grows thickly, providing Nanbu Moguri. Spend Folklore for many Nanbu ample food for sea urchin. Hirono sea urchins, plump Moguri diving materials Aomori Airport popular TV drama “Amachan”. local people here. Enjoy on display. 青森空港 the torii to pray for marine safety, Misawa Airport good fishing, and good health. seaweed, get rave freshly caught sea urchin 三沢空港 reviews for their and wild sea squirt in early Taneichi Seaside Park Kabushima delicious taste. summer, salmon and Island Senninzuka The peak season is from salmon roe in autumn, and abalone in winter This park has a swimming Hachinohe This is said to be the burial site for June to July. at nearby restaurants and izakaya beach, public restrooms, 蕪島 1,000 heads of local people killed by (Japanese-style bars.) There is also a hotel parking lot, and a the Yamato Chotei—the Imperial where you can enjoy taking a morning bath campground. You’ve Hachinohe Court in the Heian period—when its while watching the sun rising from the Pacific reached the goal point 八戸 Hashikami Ocean. (Day use bathing available). for day one of your trip! Aoimori 1st Day Taneichi Marine Side Park 2nd Day Railway Hirono Hirono Marine Hall UNIQUE Ohama Railroad Crossing JR Hachinohe Line Kuji Hama-no-Torii Museum of History and Folklore Sea Urchin Farm Mt. Hashikamidake 2nd Day Start Senninzuka Taneichi Shopping District Shukunohe Fishing Harbor 階上岳 Kosode Coast Taneichi High Kawajiri Tsunami Madoiwa Rock Kuji School Memorial Tower Hachinohe 久慈 小袖海岸 Expressway Sea Urchin Farm Iwate Galaxy Rikuchu Noda Noda to North Fudai Railway 陸中野田 Horinai Approx. 1.5 km Approx. 1.8 km Approx. 4.8 km (Approx. 1 h 36 min) Approx. 3 km (Approx. 1 h) Kitayamazaki Approx. 0.9 km (Approx. 30 min) (Approx. 36 min) Approx. 1.1 km Approx. 1.4 km Approx. 0.7 km 堀内 (Approx. 18 min) (Approx. 22 min) (Approx. 28 min) (Approx. 14 min) Emergency Services (24/7/365) Approx. 0.8 km ※DISTANCES, TIMES AND ELEVATIONS ARE ESTIMATES FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY. Cliff (Approx. 16 min) Sanriku Railway Fudai 北山崎 Police (Traffic Accident/Crime) 110 Kita-Riasu Line 普代 Police English Service 03-3501-0110 Tanohata 田野畑 From Kadonohama to Nakano: Two Day Course 119 South Iwaizumi to Omoto North Miyako Shukunohe Fishing Ohama Railroad Crossing Rock Outcrop Nakano Shirataki Falls 小本 Sanriku Railway Harbor This railroad crossing, which was made to provide access to the Walk through the beach between the rock layers Let’s go on a side trip up the path sea, is indispensable to the people of Hirono Town who depend and the sea. You might find something if you previous one was washed away by the along the stream to see the splendid Tohoku Shinkansen Line Kita-Riasu Line You can see many boats passing through and fishermen at work on the fishing industry. observe the rock layers carefully. When the sea white water of the Nakano Shirataki Telephone Inquiry Service 03-3201-3331 Jodogahama Beach in this lively harbor. Please be is rough, don’t go has a visitor’s book: Falls pouring down. Get up close and Morioka through the Harashinai Why don’t you personal with this dynamic waterfall 盛岡 浄土ヶ浜 North to Central careful not to get in the way of Kanayama-jinja Shrine Kuji Area Tourism Council 0194-53-5756 their work while passing through. write down your through the suspension bridge. Miyako From the hill this shrine is on, you can overlook the Yagiminato detour instead. thoughts about 宮古 JR Yamada Line ’s way of life. If an earthquake or big your journey while Railway wave happens when you looking over the JR East Info Line are on this beach, go to sea? The great 050-2016-1603 JR Yamada Line Seikokan Inn Ruins (Service suspended) Cape higher ground expanse of water Todogasaki Kunio Yanagida, known as the father of Japanese folklore, stayed immediately through the below is a great Taxi in Seikokan Inn when he traveled along the Sanriku Coast on surfing point. Tohoku Expressway Yagi Taxi 0194-65-2011 Iwate Hanamaki Airport とどヶ崎 will pass through two 岩手花巻空港 Sanriku Railway was. One of Yanagida’s pieces “Seikokan Aishi (The Tragic History Minami-Riasu Line railway crossings. Kirikiri Coast 吉里吉里海岸 Kamaishi ※ Cell phone signal cannot be guaranteed Kitakami JR Kamaishi Line 2nd Day Nakano Shirataki Falls for the full length of the trail. Please ask 北上 Ohama Railroad Crossing somebody for help in case of emergency. Toni Kanayama-jinja Shrine Rock Outcrop Nakano Kumano-jinja Shrine Gorilla Rock 唐丹 Kamaishi Yoshihama 吉浜 Sanriku Railway Rikuchu Yagi Tatsunokuchi, “Mouth Sanriku Minami-Riasu Line of the Dragon” Koishihama 三陸 1933 Sanriku Seikokan Inn Ruins JR Ofunato Line Ofunato 恋し浜 大船渡 North to Central Tsunami (BRT) Ryori Monument 綾里 Central to South Ofunato This is the end point of your two-day JR Ofunato Line course. You can ride the train back to Ichinoseki Approx. 1.3 km Approx. 1.2 km Approx. 1.9 km Approx. 3.2 km (Approx. 1 h 4 min) Approx. 3 km (Approx. 1 h) DISTANCES, TIMES AND 一関 Kesennuma (Approx. 26 min) (Approx. 24 min) (Approx. 38 min) Approx. 0.9 km Approx. 0.6 km ※ Please take care and come again Godochosha No. 5, Kasumigaseki 1-2-2, 気仙沼 (Approx. 18 min) (Approx. 12 min) ELEVATIONS ARE ESTIMATES Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8975, Japan. Goishi Coast FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY. Tel: +81-(0)3-3581-3351 JR Kesennuma Line (BRT) 碁石海岸 HIKING THE MICHINOKU COASTAL TRAIL Kesennuma Oshima Island Trail Markers Hirono Town Average Temperature and Precipitaion ABOUT THE MICHINOKU COASTAL TRAIL 30.0 400.0 Choose a course that fits you. Imagine the whole route. 気仙沼大島 The Michinoku Coastal Trail is marked with ) 25.0 350.0 Decide which part of the trail you will hike The Michinoku Coastal Trail is a long s ) u i 20.0 300.0 based on your stamina and experience, consider the distance of the whole route and Tohoku Main Line s distance footpath along the Pacific m Tohoku Expressway this logo on them to help hikers stay on the l e 15.0 250.0 m ( Tohoku Shinkansen Line correct route. You can rest easy if you see C where to eat lunch or have breaks, it will make ( coast of the Tohoku region between l JR Kesennuma 10.0 200.0 l s the long distance easier to manage and more them while hiking the trail. a choose a course with difficult parts. e Line f Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture e 5.0 150.0 JR Rikuu East n bearable. Make sure to check where the safety i ※ The frequency of trail markers varies by r Hike at your own pace. a Line g Ishinomaki Pacific Ocean 0.0 100.0 R JR Ishinomaki e Being safe is based on having good judgment. and Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture. 石巻 Onagawa disaster. Look for point that could be dangerous Line D Don't strain yourself. You can arrange for a 女川 where you are. -5.0 50.0 and think about how to handle them. The trail is for walking; through forests, -10.0 0.0 guide to accompany you if Matsushima JR Senseki Mangokuura Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec you need one or join a group 松島 Line wave height in advance if you pass through countryside, beaches, and villages. Matsushima 万石浦 Precipita on 48.4 46.8 59.0 72.0 102.8 125.2 168.5 160.9 195.1 94.9 79.6 55.0 tour. Let’s enjoy hiking the Shiogama Highest Temperature 2.6 3.0 6.4 12.5 16.8 18.9 22.6 25.1 22.2 17.3 11.3 5.5 along the coast. 松島 trail safely! Kinkasan Island Average Temperature -1.0 -0.8 2.1 7.4 11.8 14.9 18.8 21.2 18.0 12.4 6.5 1.5 Sendai Tagajo Gamo Tideland Lowest Temperature -4.5 -4.4 -2.0 2.4 7.1 11.3 15.8 18.0 14.2 7.9 2.0 -2.1 Pack gear that fits with your hiking plan. By traveling on foot, you can learn 多賀城 金華山 TRAIL HIKING GEAR LIST 仙台 蒲生干潟 Earliest Sunrise Time 6:43 6:07 5:18 4:33 4:05 4:02 4:06 4:30 4:59 5:28 6:01 6:35 Make sure you don’t forget important things about many things; the threat of nature Earliest Sunset Time 16:17 16:50 17:25 17:57 18:28 18:56 18:48 18:06 17:17 16:31 16:08 16:08 and only carry what you really need to avoid Natori Clothing & Gear *Hat* an overloaded backpack.