Kesennuma - NINJA KOTAN

September itinerary in Japan Day 4 (Iwate Day 2) (Wednesday, September 29) Table of contents Introduction 1.Takatamatsubara Memorial Park Introduction As originally planned, I moved from Kesennuma to Rikuzentakata by bus (bus high-speed transportation system) in the morning. Since the state of emergency was lifted, Takatamatsubara Memorial Park was reopened on September 18th. https://edokagura.com/en/local-cuisine/455/ To move around Rikuzentakata, we recommend renting a bicycle at the Rikuzentakata City Tourism and Products Association (next to Rikuzentakata Station). The rental cycle fee is 200 yen for 3 hours, and the electric bicycle is 300 yen. I think it is most efficient to go to Rikuzentakata Station first, then rent a bicycle at the Rikuzentakata City Tourism and Products Association (a very beautiful building) next to it and go around Rikuzentakata. https://takanavi.org/bike 1.Takatamatsubara Memorial Park (Next to the Kiseki no Ipponmatsu station) Takatamatsubara Memorial Park is a national memorial and prayer facility for the purpose of mourning the victims of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and handing down lessons learned from the earthquake. Given the large number of victims, the long road to the embankment feels like a road to heaven. Even now, flowers are constantly being donated to the flowerread moreSeptember itinerary in Japan Day 4 (Iwate Day 2)

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September itinerary in Japan Day 3 (Iwate Day 1 Meal edition)

By ninjakotan

September itinerary in Japan Day 3 (Iwate Day 1 Meal edition) (Tuesday, September 28) Table of contents Lunch Craft beer Dinner Lunch I was going to eat the “Hatto Zen” of the local cuisine of Iwate Prefecture in “the brewery restaurant Seki no ichi” (a 10-minute walk from JR Ichinoseki Station) in Ichinoseki, but did not go Unfortunately in the regular holiday of the restaurant. https://edokagura.com/en/local-cuisine/402/ I had lunch at “Sansaikan Fujisei” in Ichinoseki (a 2-minute walk from the west exit of JR Ichinoseki Station). Japanese people eat mochi during the New Year, but they don’t eat much except during the New Year. However, Ichinoseki has a culture of eating mochi on a daily basis, and I also had “Hitokuchi Mochi Gozen” for lunch. “Hitokuchi Mochi Gozen” contains 8 small mochi (natto mochi, walnut mochi, june mochi, anko mochi, zuda mochi, ginger mochi, sesame mochi, shrimp mochi) in addition to the mochi in the Ozoni ( Japanese traditional soup). The taste of all mochi is different. All kinds of rice cakes were very delicious and it was a very satisfying lunch. Craft beer I had “TONO beer (HAZY IPA)”, a craft beer from Tono City, Iwate Prefecture,read moreSeptember itinerary in Japan Day 3 (Iwate Day 1 Meal edition)