A coastline-hugging hiking trail in northeastern Japan has been gaining acclaim with overseas adventurers, raising hopes it will bring a tourism boom to the area that is still recovering from the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.
Japan’s Michinoku Coastal Trail, stretching along the country’s northeast coast on the main island of Honshu, passes through four prefectures and 29 municipalities.
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When Japan reopens to international travel, a treat awaits hikers, “forest bathers” and those who like getting close to nature. The newly opened Michinoku Coastal Trail runs for an astonishing 1,000km (620 miles) through four prefectures – Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima – in the Tohoku region of northeastern Honshu. The ends can be found in the cities of Hachinohe.