Tour de Tohoku will take place on 15 and 16 September this year.
This bicycle event is organized to help the recovery of area hit by tsunami and to remember the disaster for the future. They are trying to continue at least for 10 years.
Kahoku Shimpo news agency and Yahoo Japan have started such competition in 2013, but they say it is not a bicycle race but an fun ride event, because the riders can enjoy local foods and beautiful or recovering views of Tohoku during the course.
They are supporting the development also of cycle tourism in Miyagi and in Tohoku.
This is not the one time event for the year, but it is attracting many tourist to the area increasing number of exchanging population for the local communities.
In 2014 and 2015, Ms. Caroline Kennedy has also participated as US Ambassador.
It is now created newly "Minamisanriku oneway fond" from 2018. They will start from Hotel Kanyo to Ishinomaki.
Kitakami river is the 4th biggest river in Japan with its length of 249km.
It will take place a boat race around the Kitakami bridge in Kawasaki town of Iwate on sunday 09 Sept. 2018.
Kitakami river was used as a highway of transportation by boat before, however now the riverside is considered as a place to be relaxed or to play activities such as this boat race.
"E" means various things, for example, it stands for Exchange, Easy, Ecological, Everybody, Enjoyable and more depending on each persons.
60 teams are joining every year.
From Kids to Seniors.
10 persons on each boat.
Time trial of 2 sets.
Top 5 will run for final.
For more details, please go to the following organizer's link
http://kitakamigawa-sp.jimdo.com
All the photos are of the last years.
It is only 1 hour drive from Shizugawa to Kitakami bridge.
Let's go!
By Sergio
It has been considered as one of the Olympic candidate sites for boat races.
This area is very calm and during the summer time the lake will be covered by many of lotus flowers.
You may go around into the lotus garden on the lake by traditional boat.
Or you may fly over the lake by Cessna to find lotus field from the sky.
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It could be a good experience for everybody and I believe it could good mean for VIP guests.
This is the Semine air base near Naganuma Lake.
Naganuma Lake is located in Tome City, next to Minami Sanriku Town.It is convenient also by Shinkansen and Tohoku Motor Way.
But there is one problem, there is no big accomodation around Naganuma Lake. So we Hotel Kanyo as a large hotel may be one of the accomodations to welcome you.
It takes 45 minutes by car from Minami Sanriku to Naganuma.
You may know Kobe Beef as Japanese high quality brand beef, because Kobe was open for foreigners for long time.
But you can not miss Sendai Beef as one of Japanese high quality beef.
Sendai Beef was started from a cattle of name "Shigeshigenami" brought from Kobe. (Ref. Wikipedia)
It should be grown in Miyagi between 100% Miyagi female and 90% Miyagi male cattles.
It must be at least level A5 or B5 of the marbling scale by Japanese Beef Association to become called "Sendai Beef".
Best cook is steak of course.
Good also as Sukiyaki.
You can try Sendai Burger. (Ref. tabelog.jp)
Please do not forget "Sendai Beef Tongue" known nationwide.