Day 1

Meet on bullet train at Omiya Station 9:15am for Mizusawa-Esashi Station

Arrive 11:37; Rental Car to local café serving eclectic curry rice

Coffee at potter’s workshop and café

Visit Oigen Cast Iron - inspiring cast iron foundry promoting nambu tekki ironware

Drive 2.5 hours to Tanohata-mura on the Sanriku coast

Dinner L’auréole Tanohata - pristine local ingredients prepared by a very thoughtful chef

Stay at Hotel Ragaso


Day 2

Breakfast at Ragaso

Visit sea urchin (uni) fisherman for uni tasting

Visit fishermen’s wives drying and packaging sea greens

Visit potato flour maker and local shops, sample local foods

Visit grass fed dairy farm

Dinner at L’Auréole Tanohata

Stay at Hotel Ragaso


Day 3

Breakfast at Ragaso

Drive 1 hour to short horn cow ranch area - very special, therefore no export

Have local lunch

Drive to 2.5 hours to Mizusawa-Esashi

Bullet train back to Tokyo