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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
Our last night’s accommodation, Dormy Inn Express Sendai Port, had an amazingly large hot spring, so we regained our energy. As the estimated walking distance for today was about 15 km, which was relatively shorter than the past few days... -
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,... -
Day 4 of MCT (Michinoku Coastal Trail): Abukuma River & Iwanuma 阿武隈川と岩沼市
We have been lucky with the weather situation since Day 1. Today was supposed to be raining again, but when we woke up and opened the hotel room curtains, the sun was already high in the sky, shining brightly, and outside even looked alr... -
Day 3 of MCT (Michinoku Coastal Trail): Watari horst mountains traverse 亘理地塁山地縦走
Day 3 of our Michinoku Coastal Trail (MCT: みちのく潮風トレイル) thru-hike was 20.8km for 7.5 hours of peaks and ridge line walking on Watari horst mountains (亘理地塁山地). -
Day 2 of MCT (Michinoku Coastal Trail): Mt. Karou 鹿狼山
Day 2 of our Michinoku Coastal Trail (MCT: みちのく潮風トレイル) thru-hike was 27.4km for 8.5 hours hiking on Mt. Karou (鹿狼山) and through yamamoto town (山元町). -
Day1 of MCT (Michinoku Coastal Trail): Soma, the Southern Terminus 相馬市
We took the first step of over 1000km of thru-hike on Michinoku Coastal Trail (MCT: みちのく潮風トレイル.) Day 1 was 28.2km for 7.5 hours walking through Soma city (相馬市.)
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