Bike around Southern Miyagi

Shiroishi Station or Shiroishi-Zao Station

Bicycle rental is available at JR Shiroishi Station (JR Tohoku Line) and Shiroishi-Zao Station (Tohoku Shinkansen Line).

"Hekisuien" Japanese Traditional Performing Art Studio

This place is the only one performing stage in Tohoku for "Noh" , a traditional Japanese theater,Hekisuien.

Shiroishi Castle

Located in the center of the city, Shiroishi Castle is popular as a symbol of Shiroishi city.
There are also attractive experiences of trial fittings of Japanese armor and princess costumes.

Takeya-Yashiki Warehouse (Pre-Kosekiya)

This place was the house of the Koseki family, which was a retainer of Katakura family, which was the owner of Shiroishi Castle. This building's origin dates more than 200 years ago.

Shiroishi Umen Yamabukitei

Umen is a healthly non-oil noodle originated 400 years ago. In Shiroishi city, you can spot a large amount of Umen restaurants. Yamabukitei was reformed from a merchant's house to a fancy restaurant. Here, you can enjoy their traditional food in a spacious relaxing space.

Marumori Station

Marumori Immigration Support Center is located next to Marumori Station. Rental bicycles are available for everyone.

Sairiyashiki

Since its establishment in 1804, Sairiyashiki was used by merchants to sell clothes and its matierials to locals. Today, old clothes, arts, and antiques are exhibited inside the buildings. Visit the café which was renovated from an old storehouse, and feel like you traveled back in time to the old days.

Gelateria La Festa

Gelateria La Festa is a gelato shop located next to Sairiyashiki. They only use selected ingredients from local areas such as fresh milk and seasonal fruits. We highly recommend their "Honey-nuts" flavor, which contains high-quality honey from Marumori.

Saienji Temple

This temple is located near Sairiyashiki. At the entrance, you can see 8 statues of cats which are called as "The Cat Gods" in this area. The Japanese garden inside has a beautiful red bridge and you can enjoy this place all season.

Kakuda Station

Rental Bicycles are availabe at Kakuda Station.

Chosenji Temple

This temple was established around 400 years ago, and you can see the crane opening its marvellous wings at the main temple.

Space tower / Cosmo House

Kakuda City has one of the research facilities belonging to JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). From the 44.9 m lifted space tower, you can see Mt.Zao looming among the extentious landscape.

JR Natori Station, West exit

Rental bicycles are available at Natori Station Community plaza, next to Natori Station.

Yuriage Saikai Market

Yuriage area in Natori city was one of the places which was affected by the Tsunami in 2011. Yuriage market soon resumed their shops after the big disaster. "Saikai" was named after the locals hope and wishes for recovery and means "restart（再開）" and "meet again（再会）" in Japanese. Try their fresh seafoods and sake from local areas!