UTSUKUSHI TRIP model course

UTSUKUSHI TRIP MODEL COURSE (4days)

Day 1
9:36-10:08

Sendai Station ⇒ Ichinoseki Station (Hayabusa 103)
*After arriving at Ichinoseki Station, leave your luggage to the Ichinoseki Tourism Association and check the bus and train times for Hiraizumi Ichinoseki sightseeing
Ichinoseki Tourism Association

11:00-11:42

Ichinoseki Station ⇒ Geibikei (bus)

11:42-12:50

Meal at Geibi Rest House
Boat Rides Down Geibi Gorge (90min)
猊鼻渓舟下り(90分)

15:53-16:35

Geibi Gorge ⇒ Ichinoseki Station (bus)
Stay at Ichinoseki Onsen Village (Advance reservation required for pick-up to Ichinoseki Station)

Recommended accommodation in Ichinoseki Onsen

Day 2
9:50-10:12

Ichinoseki Station ⇒ Chuson-ji Temple (bus)

10:12-11:40

Visiting Chusonji Temple

11:58-12:20

Chuson-ji Temple ⇒ Ichinoseki Station (bus)

12:20-13:20

Quick lunch at Ichinoseki Station

13:30-15:05

Ichinoseki Station ⇒ Kesennuma Station (JR Ofunato Line UTSUKUSHI trip Chartered Special Train)
*If there is no chartered train, please take the JR Ofunato line at 14:17.

Kesennuma Station ⇒ Kesennuma Umi no Ichi (bus)

Kesennuma Umi no Ichi (Ice Aquarium and Shark Museum, Restaurant)
Staying near Kesennuma Port

Kesennuma Port Recommended Inn

Day 3

Kesennuma Osakana Market

Kesennuma Station ⇒ Kiseki-no-Ippon-Matsu (Miracle Pine) Station (bus: Ofunato line BRT)
Kiseki-no-Ippon-Matsu (Miracle Pine) : More than 70,000 pine forests were lost to the tsunami in the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011). Among them, only one remaining pine is named “Kiseki-no-Ippon-Matsu (Miracle Pine)” and has become a symbol of reconstruction.

Kamome Terrace
This is the head office of Saito Confectionery, which sells “Kamome no Tamago”, a very popular souvenir from Tohoku.

Stay: Ofunato Spa Hotel

Day 4
10:00-10:15

Ofunato Spa Hotel ⇒ Goishi Coast Information Center (TAXI)
*Leave your luggage at the information center, rent a bicycle at the museum, and cycle to Anatoshi Iso.

Goishi Coast
Goishi Coast is a coastline about 6 km southeast of the Suesaki Peninsula in Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture, and is designated as a national “scenic spot and natural monument” and a national park.

14:30-15:00

Goishi Gorge Infomation ⇒ Rikuzentakata City Hall (TAXI)

15:51-17:50

Rikuzentakata City Hall ⇒ Sendai Station (bus: Ofunato-Sendai Line *Reservation required)

Arrive at Sendai

Utsukushi Trip Chartered Train