Access Map SOTOGAHAMA Oma Tappizaki Hotokegaura MINMAYA Route Air Minmaya 279 TAIRADATE Tairadate Mutsu Ferry Route 338 KANITA JR National Highway Kanita Wakinosawa Highway Nakadomari Rokkasho Shinkansen Route Route 280 339 Goshogawara Ajigasawa Aomori Noheji The Gateway to Kuroishi Fukaura Misawa Sotogahama - Top Mast Hirosaki Route Towada Hachinohe 101 Route 4 Route 7 The Windy Town ＪＲ Tokyo – Shinkansen → Shin Aomori…………………… 3 Hours 10 Minutes Akita – Limited Express → Aomori (Ouu Line)………… 2 Hours 45 Minutes Mutsu Wan Ferry Hachinohe – Shinkansen → Shin Aomori……………………… 30 Minutes ‒ Kamoshika Aomori – Limited Express → Kanita (Tsugaru Line)…………… 30 Minutes Kanita – Local Line → Minmaya (Tsugaru Line)………………… 40 Minutes Kanita – Limited Express → Hakodate (Tsugaru Strait Line)…1 Hour 40 Minutes Kanita – Limited Express → Kikonai (Tsugaru Strait Line)…… 55 Minutes Local Bus Kanita Station – Sotogahama Town Bus → Tairadate………… 45 Minutes Kanita Station – Sotogahama Town Bus → Minmaya (Town Office)… 55 Minutes Minmaya Station – Sotogahama Town Bus → Cape Tappi…… 30 Minutes Car Ferry Kanita (Tsugaru) – Wakinosawa (Shimokita)……………………… 1 Hour 〈Ferry Schedule〉 April 21st – November 5th, 2011 Departure Times The Windy Town Kanita Wakinosawa Wakinosawa Kanita First Boat 9:20am 10:20am Second Boat 10:50am 11:50am Third Boat 2:00pm 3:00pm Fourth Boat 3:30pm 4:30pm *For specific details, please check the Mutsu Wan Ferry website Sotogahama Town Office Mutsu Wan Ferry Office Telephone:0174-22-3020 44-2 Takadouya, Kanita, Sotogahama-machi, http://www.mutsuwan-ferry.jp Higashitsugaru-gun, Aomori 030-1393, Japan Taxi TEL: 0174-31-1111 ●Kanita Taxi Service Tel: 0174-22-2113 (0120) 391881 Homepage http://www.town.sotogahama.lg.jp/ ●Kanita Kanko Taxi Service Tel: 0174-22-3399 (0120) 054915 Sotogahama Town Minmaya Rest Area 339 Odaiba Camping Grounds, Yoshitsune Tairadate Seikan Tunnel Maya Rock Cabins, and Rest Area Beach Park 280 Tairadate Lighthouse Sight-seeing Rest Area Imabetsu “Kodomari” Minmaya Town There are many spots to relax Rest Area Gikeiji Temple Sta. here so take a break if you Illustration Tsugaru Imabetsu Sta. Hakamagoshi can.The impressive white Strait Tuna ▲ Mountain Obi Island Nakadomari lighthouse view is worth it. Yasuragi Park Imabetsu Town Rest Area Camping ▲ Grounds Map Masukawa Tairadate Lighthouse Mountain Seikan Tunnel Guest House Entrance Park Daiba 14 Public Beach “Tsugaru Kaikyoutei” Goshogawara City Tengu ▲ Public Beach Mountain Matsumae Road This boulder-looking island Odai can be reached by car. 12 Sta. Furou Fushi The thunberg lilies that blow 12 12 Car Ferry The bare rock faces are a Jusanko Heights Nakaoguni Onsen in the shore winds are Guest House Sta. Top Mast Hakamagoshi thing to see. Rest Area beautiful.Many people take “Tappi Tsugaru-ya” Lake Kanita Mountain Hot spring Jusanko Sta. commemorative photos here. Nakadomari Town Yomogita Matsumae Road Village Maruyagata Tsugaru Mountain 339 Nakasato Sta. Tsugaru City Sai Pond Yunosawa This is the place to go if you 280 2 Shimizumata Sotogahama are lost.We can tell you Onsen 2 Mountain Town Office anything about Cape Ashino Park Hot spring Sta. (Tairadate) Cape Tappi Stairway Highway Tappi.Well almost anything. “Chapporatto” Lighthouse Route 339 Kanagi Aomori Sta. City Osamu Dazai Goshogawara City 339 Cultural Monument 26 Guest House 12 Tsugaru Strait Aomori “Benten” Gono ko mae Sta. Winter Scenery Song Sta. Sotogahama Town Monument Cape Tappi 280 P Sight-seeing Tairadate Map Stand Information Office Restaurant This is a large rest area with The lights from the “Tappi” parking for large buses as Tappi Hotel fishing boats make well as normal cars. this a very romantic For those of you who need a 339 Outdoor scene to see. The views from here look like toilet, this is the place for you. Hot spring 339 Cape Tappi Tengu Kanranzan Park they came right out of a Rest House Mountain Public Beach movie,and are worth the visit.The sunset is especially 280 Dried Atka Shouin Yoshida Poetry Monument beautiful. Kanita River is abundant with fish. Downstream are plenty of icefish, Mackerel Keigetsu Oomachi Literature Monument Seikan Tunnel Sotogahama Town and upstream are brook trout, Santaro Kawakami Poetry Monument Construction sweetfish , and char. Osamu Dazai Memorial Monument Guest House Odai Monument Sataro Sato Lyrical Monument Minmaya Map “Naritomi” Sta. There are many bees and horseflies in this area.They‘re To the left and right of this Ooyama Furusato Icesh attracted to cars left in the road are rows of beautiful Aomori Historical Museum Nakaoguni Sta. sun, so be careful. Scenic Viewing Spot hydrangeas.Be careful not to → Togekuri Oguni Furusato Crab 339 look too much while driving. Car Ferry Interactive Hall Top Mast Pine Tree Tatsudomari Line Kanita Cape Tappi District Park River To Goshogawara Seaside Park Seikan Tunnel ・ Kodomari・Jusanko Sotogahama Kanita Kanita Memorial Museum Sta. Shore Fishing Sotogahama Town Town Office Ski Ground Hydrangeas A well-kept secret spot for Kasen Park fishing-enthusiasts. Tappi Wind Power Kanita Map Bypass But it also has been called Electric Plant Hydrangea Route 280 dangerous so be prepared. Road → 1 Cape Tappi 9 Odaiba Camping Ground 17 WelKani The Tsugaru National Park area known This cabin resort and camping ground The name of this store comes from as “Cape Tappi” is the northernmost is right next to the scenic Matsumae “Welcome” and the town name of part of the Tsugaru Peninsula. It is Road in the Tsugaru National Park. “Kanita.” You can buy locally- separated from Hokkaido’s Shirakami The log cottages are separated into produced vegetables, flowers, fish, Peninsula by a distance of 19.5 km, type A and type B, with a total of 10 meat , and even souvenirs or crafts. but is connected underground by the cottages available. There are also 20 Tel:0174-31-1112 7:30am ~ 6:00pm Seikan Tunnel. On a clear day, you can camp sites available. Schedule subject to change even see Hokkaido in the distance. Log Cottage: 16000 yen per night. Camp Site: 1500 ~ 2500 yen 2 Route 339 Stairway 10 Yoshitsune Beach Park 18 The Windy Town Plaza ‒ Top Mast With a total of 362 steps, this is the Hot showers and changing rooms are This facility features a viewing only national highway route that available at this beach park in platform 30 meters above the ground includes a stairway. Historically Route Minmaya. You can enjoy fishing from offering a beautiful scenic view of the 339 served as a pedestrian thorough- the deck, swimming at the beach, or sea. On the first floor is the ticket fare before becoming a national high- the various outdoor events held here counter for the Car Ferry and a way in 1974. It is a well-known tourist year-round. souvenir shop. spot known as the “Kaidan Kokudo.” Tent site: 500 yen per tent Tel:0174-22-3181 8:00am ~ 5:00pm Beach is open July through August, (Shae Lonfu:0174-22-3905 11:30am Camp site is open from April to October ~ 4:00pm) Closed on Mondays “Kabuto” hours: 9:00am ~ 4:30pm 3 Hydrangea Road 11 Kanranzan Park & Beach 19 Ooyama Historical Museum This 15km road going from the This beach area is right next to the This historical museum is most well- Minmaya train station to Cape Tappi Top Mast tower and Car Ferry in known for its collection of Jomon is surrounded by 15000 hydrangea Kanita. Toilets and showers are avail- archaeological materials collected at plants, hence the name. Thanks to able (hot water 100 yen) as well as a the Odai Yamamoto Archaeological these Minmaya - native flowers, every parking lot capable of holding 200 Site, which contains some of the summer this road provides a very cars (parking is free). world’s oldest dated pottery. scenic way to reach Cape Tappi. Camping ground use: 200 yen per Admission:Free Tel: 0174-22-2577 adult, 100 yen per child for one night. 9:00am ~ 4:00pm Closed on Mon- days and during the New Years’ holidays. 4 Maya Rock 12 Tairadate Public Beach 20 Tairadate Rest Area This boulder has been eroded by the This beautiful beach on Highway 280 This building is located within the sea over the centuries. There is a is marked by an all-white lighthouse, Tsugaru National Park. From here you legend that Yoshitsune, a famous and is conveniently located right next can enjoy the beach, camping general, prayed at this rock for safe to a campground. The water is so grounds, cabins, and the local moun- passage over the Tsugaru Strait. The clear you can see everything. tains. Parking Available for up to 100 next morning, he saw three flying cars/11 large-sized automobiles. 4 horses on top of Maya Rock, and it is Handicapped spaces also available. said that he was able to travel safely 24 hour public toilet. to Hokkaido because of this good General store open from 10:00am ~ omen. 4:00pm. Closed Weekends and holidays. Tel:0174-31-2211 …… Scenic Spots …… Leisure and Play …… Tourist Attractions/Facilities 5 Tairadate Lighthouse 13 Kanita Ski Ground This white lighthouse is one of the This ski park is mostly meant for fami- only lighthouses in the country that lies and beginners. It has a 240m stands on a national highway. The Rope Tow to help skiers reach the lighthouse itself is 23 meters tall, and top, and a rest house at the bottom. was built in 1899. It has watched over Night skiing is also available. boats and ships coming into the Open Season: Beginning of January Mutsu Bay for over 100 years. to the Beginning of March Night Skiing: Every Tuesday, Thurs- Nakamura Ryokan Ryokan Miraku Sasaki Ryokan day from 6:00pm~9:00pm Open on Sundays from 9:00am ~ TEL.0174-22-2046 TEL.0174-22-3100 TEL.0174-22-2104 4:00pm 6 Matsumae Road 14 Seikan Tunnel Museum This road serves as the entrance to Here, many displays, panels, video the Tsugaru National Park, and is presentations and life-size models surrounded by towering Black Pine depict how the Seikan Tunnel was trees over 300 years old.