This trail course departs from the Toyosato Community Center and passes by Tome City’s defining rice field landscapes and the majestic flow of the Kyu-kitakami River. It lets visitors experience the area’s history and culture before finishing at the Byodonuma Fureai Park.
See the main gate and stately gardens of the Miyagi Prefecture Cultural Property Korinji Temple, and take a rest at the Byodonuma Agricultural Village Cultural and Natural Learning Center. It has a Miyagi Prefecture Tangible Folk Cultural Property Kitchen God and traditional farming tools and objects from daily life on display. Cross the “Fureai Bridge” which spans Byodonuma Lake, walk through the Byodonuma Ikoi no Mori with its pristine stand of akashide (loose-flowered hornbeam trees), and end at the Byodonuma Fureai Park where you can gaze upon Byodonuma Lake itself. Enjoy the changing views of the seasons.
Suzukiya Ryokan
1 night with two meals: 8,000 yen (excluding tax)
Stay only: 5,000 yen (excluding tax)
No shuttle service
Hotel Route Inn Tome
1 night with breakfast: 6,000 yen (tax included) ~
1 night with two meals: 6,800 yen (tax included) ~
* Single room, no bath/shower (use the large communal bath)
No shuttle service
Hotel Sunshine Sanuma
1 night with breakfast: 7,000 yen (tax included) ~
1 night with dinner: 8,600 yen (tax included)
Stay only: 6,100 yen (tax included) ~
No shuttle service
Business Hotel Sunflex
1 night with breakfast: 6,260 yen (tax included) ~
No shuttle service
Hotel New Granvia
1 night with breakfast: 6,930 yen (tax included) ~
Stay only: 6,000 yen (tax included)~
No shuttle service
Business Hotel Takekawa
Stay only: 5,500 yen (tax included)
Breakfast: 930 yen (tax included)
Dinner: 1,630 yen ~(tax included)(reservation required)
No shuttle service
Business Hotel Sanroku
Stay only: 5,000 yen (tax included) ~
Breakfast: 700 yen (reservation required)
No shuttle service
Hotel Boenkaku
One night with two meals: 9,130 yen (tax included) ~
One night with dinner: 8,250 yen (tax included) ~
One night with breakfast: 6,930 yen (tax included) ~
Stay only: 6,050 yen (tax included) ~
No shuttle service
Ebimon Ryokan
One night with breakfast: 5,800 yen (excluding tax)
One night with two meals: 6,500 yen (excluding tax)
Stay only: 3,500 yen (excluding tax)
No shuttle service
Kappo Yutakaya
Mitsuno Sushi
World
Sakura Teahouse
Handmade Shop Sowaka
Michinoeki Yoneyama
Robata Sasaki
* From JR Rikuzen-Toyosato Station walk 16 min. or take 5 min. by taxi (estimated fare 670 yen)
* From Byodonuma Fureai Park to Toyosato Community Center 10 min. by taxi (estimated fare 1,390 yen)
This center is a multi-purpose facility with large arena and medium-sized auditoriums, a dedicated judo dojo, and meeting rooms. Part of the facility also serves as a branch city government office for Toyosato Town.
Hours: 9:00-22:00
Closed: 12/29-1/3
* During the opening hours, public restrooms are available
80 Koguchimae, Toyosato Town, Tome City
Tel: 0225-76-2237
“Kaitenyaki” is a famous local product from Toyosato. It’s comparable to the better known imagawayaki and obanyaki desserts, but is smaller, less expensive, and in addition to the standard an (sweet red bean) and custard cream filling, there are interesting variations like chocolate and even curry. This dessert has been popular with locals for ages.
19 Higashimachiishita,
Toyosato Town, Tome City
Tel: 0225-76-4915
Hours: 9:00-18:00
Closed: 12/30-1/5
The Michinoeki Yoneyama rest area makes and sells locally produced soft-serve ice cream (“soft cream”). The flavors use seasonal ingredients, with the most popular being the ichigo (strawberry) which uses local Yoneyama strawberries.
67 Shintoda, Nishino,
Yoneyama Town, Tome City
Tel: 0220-55-2747
Hours: 9:00-18:30 (April-November), 9:00-18:00 (December-March)
Closed: 12/31-1/3
Tome is located in the northeast part of Miyagi Prefecture and is the largest grain-producing area in Miyagi, producing “sasanishiki” and “hitomebore” varieties of rice.
Tome is also known as the “Village of water and greenery” for its rich natural environment.
It is home to Izunuma and Uchinuma Lakes, which are registered under the Ramsar Convention. Izunuma, Uchinuma, Naganuma, and Byodonuma (which the trail course passes by) are visited by migratory white-fronted geese and swans in winter.
In Toyoma Town, there are buildings dating from the Meiji Period (1868-1912) featuring stylish Western-style architecture, including an elementary school, prefectural government office and police station. Also, there are many solidly-built warehouse-style stores and samurai residences remaining from the feudal era. This streetscape is what gives this area the name: “Meiji Village Museum of Miyagi.”
Toyoma Tourism Information Center (Toyoma Tourism and Local Products Center “Tooyama no Sato”)
Hours: 9:00-17:00
Closed: 12/31- 1/1
Address: 2 Sakurakoji, Teraike, Toyoma Towni, Tome City
Tel: 0220-52-5566
* Multilingual voiced tourism guide is available (free rental). It works with Japanese, English, Korean and 7 other languages.
“Hatto” is made from wheat flour kneaded well with water and then stretched very thinly by hand. It is cooked in a soy sauce broth or eaten with azuki (sweet red beans) or zunda (sweetened edamame beans).
Each first Sunday in December is the “Japan’s #1 Hatto Festival ” which has an assortment of more than 30 kinds of hatto with different flavors.
The “Tohoku Food Marathon & Festival” is held at the end of April in Futopia Park by Naganuma Lake. It is one of the largest events in Japan’s northeastern Tohoku region.
The “Tohoku Food Marathon” course is the first full marathon in Miyagi Prefecture and takes runners around the beautiful Naganuma lakeside area. It coincides with related events featuring food and sake from across the region including the “Tome Food Festival,” “Tohoku Sake Festival” and “Tohoku Food Tourism.”
○ Contact
Tourism and Products Section, Commerce and Tourism Division, Industry and Economy Department, Tome City TEL: 0220-34-2734