Michinoku Coastral Trail (MCT)– 1000km, 50days, along the Pacific Ocean coastline of Tohoku, Japan –
The day-by-day detailed itineraries and guides of our 50-day Michinoku Coastal Trail (MCT) thru-hike. Michinoku Coastal Trail, みちのく潮風トレイル, is one of the prominent and rare "over 1000km" long-distance trails in Japan, along the Pacific Ocean coastline of the Tohoku region.
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Day 13-14 of MCT (Michinoku Coastal Trail): Onagawa 女川町
Onagawa, an ideal rest-day town Almost two weeks had passed since we started from the MCT Southern Terminus in Soma. It was about time to take a much-needed rest day.As much as we wished we could spontaneously stop and take a rest day, t... -
Day 12 of MCT (Michinoku Coastal Trail): Mt.Dairokutenyama 大六天山
The excellent view through the windows of our room at Zuiko was even better this morning. The seawater was lighter blue and more transparent, calmly shimmering under the morning sun. The rain clouds and cold wind had gone. We slept... -
Day 11 of MCT (Michinoku Coastal Trail): The Oshika Peninsula 牡鹿半島
After we returned to our hotel last evening, the drizzle quickly turned into pouring and continued all night. Still, we were very optimistic and relaxed because the evening weather forecast expected the rain to calm down by this mo... -
Day 10 of MCT (Michinoku Coastal Trail): Mt. Kinkasan Island 金華山
Throughout the MCT, which section is the hardest to reach? It is, no doubt, Mt. Kinkasan Island 金華山, the last one of the three “islands” sections. It is not only the hardest to reach but also the most expensive place to get to —... -
Day 9 of MCT (Michinoku Coastal Trail): Tashirojima & Ajishima islands 田代島 ＆ 網地島
MCT thru-hikers need at least three days to cover all the island parts on the official route. They are concentrated in the southern parts of the MCT route. That means sea travel happens at a very early stage of the MCT thru-hike for the ... -
Day 8 of MCT (Michinoku Coastal Trail): Ishinomaki 石巻市
During the fifty days of our hike on the Michinoku Coastal Trail, we always booked accommodations to secure our beds in the walls and roofs for the next seven days or eight. It was mainly because we needed to plan how and where to send o... -
Day 7 of MCT (Michinoku Coastal Trail): Urato Islands 浦戸諸島
Yesterday, while we were walking around those ancient historical sites in Tagajo city, I made a phone call to the MCT supporter fisherman named Suzuki-san, who was going to take us on his boat to our goal for today. From his voice and th... -
Navigating the Urato Islands sea route on MCT (Michinoku Coastal Trail)
A detailed instructions for smooth travel on the complicated sea route and hiking through the Urato Islands part of Michinoku Coastal Trail (MCT: みちのく潮風トレイル.) -
Day 6 of MCT (Michinoku Coastal Trail): Tagajo & Shiogama 多賀城市＆塩竈市
We stayed at Dormy Inn Express Sendai Port last night, and it had amazing onsens. So, we really got re-energized. Plus, we knew today would be a relatively shorter distance walk, 15km, than in past days, so we were able to enjoy a slow m... -
Day 5 of MCT (Michinoku Coastal Trail): Natori 名取市
Japanese/日本語版 The Routein Hotel Natori ルートインホテル名取 we stayed last night was only two stations away from the Sendai International Airport 仙台国際空港 terminal station. Though the airport area strangely lacked accommodations,...
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