Northern Tohoku Tour -- Day 4

Tamagawa-onsen -- Hachimantai -- Morioka -- Miyako (stay)

itinerary

In the morning after checking out Tamagawa-onsen, I walked around the source of spring part.
There were tens of people: some were sleeping in the small sleeping place for bedrock bathing and others were laying down reading books sleeping on a mat they brought in.

Very active volcanic steam emitting from the rocks.

Hot Spring of Tamagawa-onsen (water amount is largest in Japan!)

I drove my car up to the Hachimantai Plateau. On the top, rain and wind got strong because of a reaching typhoon. If it were fine, I could see Hachiman pond and Gama pond. Instead, the following was the only one picture I took.

Peak of Hachimantai

After leaving Hachimantai quickly, I drove down to Morioka.

Had cold noodle (冷麺) here

I went to South-Morioka Shopping Center to buy a few pairs of socks at Uniqlo.
Then, I drove route 106 from Morioka to Miyako.

Many kinds of fish from Sanriku Sea here

After all, it was a rainy day without so much activities. Kind of a rest day.