JAPAN - HIKING IN NORTHERN JAPAN ITINERARY:
Day 1 - Arrive in Tokyo, Japan, with its lively
East-meets-West ambiance.
Day 2 - Transfer to Nikko National Park and tour the
ornate Toshogu shrine, where the last of the Tokugawa shoguns is
interred. Overnight in Nikko.
Day 3 - Using boardwalks you’ll take a mild hike through
the lush wildflowers of the Oze marsh.
Day 4 - Hike through beech and conifer forests to reach
Ozenuma Lake, and then on to the magnificent mountain viewpoint
at Numayamatoge Pass.
Day 5 - Climb Mount Taishaku-yama (6,757’) and Mount
Tashiro-yama (6,320’), which have only recently become
accessible to hikers.
Day 6 - A day of driving to Zao Quansi National Park is
broken up by tours of the traditional Magariya Village and the
towering fortress of Tsuruga Castle.
Day 7 - Using cable ropeways, you’ll hike to the summit
of Mount Kumano-dake (6,040’), the high point of the Zao-san
mountain range. Spectacular views of the Okama Crater!
Day 8 - Transfer to Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture.
Visit sacred Mount Haguro-san and take a boat trip on the
Mogami-gawa River.
Day 9 - A full-day excursion by boat among the hundreds
of pine-covered islands of Matsushima Bay, celebrated as one of
Japan’s “Three Great Views.”
Day 10 - Return to Tokyo via Shinkansen (Bullet Train)
and spend the afternoon exploring the city on your own.
Day 11 - Depart Tokyo.
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