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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 20.2 of the Shikoku Pilgrimage: T21 Tairyuji 太龍寺 & the Oldest Trail
It is too bad that the Kamo-michi かも道 route is so underrated among walking pilgrims despite its historical value, beautiful and various scenery, and several sites with interesting stories along the 4.5 km trail. The oldest Shikoku Pil... -
Day 20.1 of the Shikoku Pilgrimage: T20 Kakurinji 鶴林寺
Day 20 of our Shikoku pilgrimage walk was special in some ways. As all of the administrative things regarding Erik’s visa extension and our moving were finally taken care of, there will not be anything that may try to keep us from just w... -
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,... -
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).
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