Coisas para fazer em Aomori

Nós reservamos 3 passeios de um dia em Aomori: P1 - Oirase Gorge & Monte Hakkoda; P2 - Santuário Takayama Inari; P3 - Costa Tanesashi. O Plano 1 (rota Monte Hakkoda, Oirase Gorge e Lago Towada) foi um passeio de um dia excelente na minha opinião. Embora o topo do Monte Hakkoda estivesse fechado devido a ventos fortes e tenhamos conseguido ficar lá apenas por 5 a 10 minutos, o cume estava nublado e sem visibilidade... O clima não colaborou! O Oirase Gorge e o Lago Towada são lindíssimos, recomendo muito este passeio. Nós saímos no Lago Towada e fomos nos hospedar por uma noite no Towada-ko Lakeside Hotel. No dia seguinte, caminhamos pela margem do lago de volta a Towada-ko para pegar o ônibus da JR de volta a Aomori, o que custou ¥3480. Sinto que este passeio teve um custo-benefício altíssimo.

Great trip, everything went smoothly, we stopped at a lots of view points and could also do sone walking along Oirase stream, and on top of Hakkoda. The driver was very attentive. I was in a small group of 4 people. We stopped shortly at some other viewpoints and the museum of snow walk disaster on the way back. The steaming buns “butt onsen” was a nice surprise.

This was a perfect tour, good pace, interesting places, enough time to see them. These spots are difficult to access otherwise, so I am happy I could see all three in a day. The Takayama Inari shrine is beautiful and so remote, there was barely anyone there, lots of opportunities to take pictures. The blue pond is actually blue - at least when the sun is out. Very nice walk around the lakes. My group was of 6 people and we travelled in a private taxi with a driver.

The driver was wonderful. They waited for us at our hiking destination, took us to the boat cruise, and then waited for us at the final pier. The whole trip was very relaxing and saved us a lot of time and energy compared to taking public transport. The scenery along the way was also fantastic.