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The Best Section of the Michinoku Coastal Trail in Japan

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I hiked from Kitayamazaki ( goo.gl/maps/qC... ) to the Ragaso Hotel ( goo.gl/maps/NR... ), which I think has some of the best landscape in the entire 1,000km Michinoku Coastal Trail. I also love the area to the north of the Unosu Cliffs ( goo.gl/maps/G9... ) but to hike that far down in one day I'd need to start early and have a nice long June day, not these crazy short winter ones.
The video I mentioned where you can take a boat along this route is here: • Riding a boat up the m...
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@CuzicanAerospace Год назад

Does anyone else ever feel bad about Quinlan leaving a camera behind to get footage of him walking past, knowing that he'd have to double back to grab the camera?

@EllenHiller Год назад

yes absolutely

@calgrier Год назад

I wonder if he could get away with using the drone to avoid doubling back (as in sitting a drone on a rock and flying it remotely to retrieve it)

@abdulm2609 Год назад

Yeah. It's a tough one without a second person. I don't think it's necessary at least for my entertainment but i get it adds value for some.

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

The drone would be even harder though, because it takes a while to unpack it, re-calibrate the compass, and pilot it... actually less stressful to just set down the camera and walk back and forth. :) But it does mean that sometimes I just don't feel like doing it. Went on a nice snowshoe hike yesterday- my first rather long one of this season, and I didn't have the energy to set down the camera and walk back and forth...

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

And even with a second person, I feel back about making someone else do the legwork, so I still go back and get it even in that case...

@cypriennezed5640 Год назад

I feel like the trail is a good mix of high adventure in nature and checking back in with civilization on the road -- excitement and safety! 🎉

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Oh yeah- that's a good way to think about it!

@endangeredmarmot4518 7 месяцев назад

Stunning hike! The trees, the views, the beaches, adn the colour of the water - pure natural art.

@alex-rv-uk Год назад

Another great video, thanks Quinlan, love those coastal walks, always plenty of up'n'downs but the views are usually spectacular. If you ever get to the UK you have to make time for some of the south west coast path in England or the west coast of Scotland. The shot of that broken seawall and the scene behind it was heart breaking, to imagine what was there before that fateful day. But life goes on....

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

I would definitely love to explore those parts of England and Scotland! Scotland in particular is high on my list!

@ChronicUnderachiever1 Год назад

The Michinoku Coastal Trail is awesome! I have aspirations to section hike the entirety of it while I live in Japan. So far, I've done the first 30 miles or so starting in Hachinohe - south from Hachinohe, West to Mount Hashikami, East back to the coast. I'm stoked to see this section in person when the time comes!

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Section hiking it is the way to go, agreed! Nice!

@chrstopherblighton-sande2981 Год назад

Such beautiful shots in this video, you really have an eye for beauty, and surrounded by so much of it along that stunning coastline, it must have been more of a challenge deciding what not to include in the video than what to include. I especially loved the shot around the 10 minute mark where you're walking the path between the pine trees with the ocean either side, gorgeous! The waves at the end were beautiful to watch too. Is the coast there usually snow free at this time of year or has it just not been a very snowy winter? Thanks again Quinlan for making this content, it's such an enjoyable corner of the internet.

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Thanks!! Yeah- the way the sun shone down and reflected off the water was really nice! And yeah- I never get tired of watching waves.. Yeah- there is usually no snow right on the coast this time of year. The ocean keeps there from being any real accumulation even if it get a bit.

@grenm9 Год назад

That must of smelt wonderful with all the pine trees around you

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

It did!

@laurenbouchie2394 Год назад

What a very beautiful area! Thanks for taking us along, it was beautiful! I love the ocean, I miss it very much!

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it!

@private-hokkaido 7 месяцев назад

階段の上り下りを見るだけで、疲れました。お陰様でこの神秘な美景が４Kで観賞できました。お疲れ様でした！

@SirReginaldRutherford Год назад

Quinlan making some of the best, most chill content on RU-vid.

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Thank you!

@brewstergallery Год назад

This trail is an absolute must for me. One day I will do it. Thanks for this and the other videos you have made there.

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

So glad that you will come to experience it someday!

@kirbyesque Год назад

Can’t wait to return to Tohoku. ❤

@walksexplorationsnewzealan6144 Год назад

Definitely a trail I would like to do the next time I can visit Japan. Another great video Quinlan. Looking forward to the next one.😎👍

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Thanks! I do think this is definitely the most fun part of the MCT!

@xenawarriorhousewife2115 Год назад

Love this coastal walk . 😊

@maureen4056 Год назад

I actually got to go there my very first year in Japan on a group trip. It's been so long, I couldn't remember the name of it, but I still have some of my pictures from it. Beautiful place and had some really good tempura shrimp after the hike at the restaurant in the parking area for this trail. Wish I could go back.

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Oh nice!! I'll have to try that restaurant sometime. Haven't ever eaten there.

@maureen4056 Год назад

@@GoNorthJapan I was there in 91, so I'm wondering if the restaurant is still there. You'll have to let me know, if you go back there.

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

@@maureen4056 Oh, ok yeah.. I'll take a look and see if I see one that fits your description.

@didriksen86 Год назад

It's always a treat to watch the new content!

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Thanks!

@wishyouwerehere-nicnangesa3685 Год назад

I love this trail. Angela and I actually cycles down from Hachinohe and ended up in Minami soma. This trail has some many amazing memories and truly fell in love bonding over the trip. ❤

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Sounds dreamy!!

@jennevieve_ Год назад

Your coastal trail videos are some of my favorites! The scenery is gorgeous, and the trail looks like a lot of fun even with all those stairs lol. Thanks so much for sharing! ❤

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

So glad you liked it! It really is beautiful, if exhausting!

@LovelyPariah Год назад

Wow, this coast is gorgeous! The water looks so pretty...

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

The ocean always looks gorgeous here, agreed!

@inkyjo5533 Год назад

What a stunning views, I so much enjoyed watching your video. Thank you for sharing.

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Glad you liked it! Thanks!!

@michaelsmith7193 Год назад

Wonderful outing! And, oh, that shot and the framing from about 9:50 to 10:15 - superb! Lots of good cardio along that trail!

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Thanks! And yeah- no joke on the cardio!

@chocjamie Год назад

That water is so beautiful!

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

It really is, isn't it!

@caviesrule4445 Год назад

Such stunning views! Your videos definitely make me want to go out in nature more. The landscape is very different here, but gorgeous in it's own way. Also really flat, which makes hiking much easier. I'm glad that your content moves me to go out and be appreciative of nature.

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Glad to hear that!

@user-jg6ci5kg2n Год назад

魅力的な動画ありがとうございます。洞窟を抜けるごとに隠れた絶景、見事です。クルマですぐ行けないところだからか、真に自然を感じますね！遊歩道から見た木の幹と海のバランスがとっても良かったです。行くなら今の時期が良いかも！

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

うん！すごく綺麗な穴場たくさんありますよ！どんな季節でもいいと思います！

@hokut3n Год назад

Those vistas... Nice!

@seebastian5834 Год назад

The painful thing is that the Japanese seem to measure hiking distances as the crow flies... so the coastal trails look unitimidatingly short because the (MASSIVE) vertical distances you cover aren't counted... at least that's what it was like for me at Izu Kogen - highly recommended as well though, super beautiful landscape. Welp, at least they had lots of Onsen there to treat the muscle pain.

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Yeah, I think that is fairly common... ah well. Definitely nothing a good long soak in the onsen doesn't compensate for! I haven't been to Izu Kogen! I'll put it on the list!

@fresh_rage Год назад

The Hachinohe area is such a hidden tresure. I feel like nearly no one knows how beautiful it is around there

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Ah, you mean the Tanesashi Coast area? That is beautiful, yeah!

@abdulm2609 Год назад

That's a spectacular trail. The variation between the coast and mountain are really nice. I wonder how different it is during spring or summer.

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

It can be a lot hotter... and the deciduous trees are beautiful then, but they hide some of the views. Also- tons of bears droppings in the area! I did a portion of this hike a while back in the Spring - so I can show what that looks like: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PSIy5-9vRCM.html

@abdulm2609 Год назад

@@GoNorthJapan Appreciate it good sir.

@VerhoevenSimon Год назад

Thank you for the beautiful vistas!

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@manfredmarschik Год назад

Danke!

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Thank you so much!!! Really appreciate that!!

@AMAR9933 Год назад

Just commented on your older Kitayamazaki video and then saw this one! This is exactly the section I want to hike so thanks so much for filming it

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

So glad that it was helpful! I'm about to head out to a 5-day guiding trip on the coast from later today!

@AMAR9933 Год назад

@@GoNorthJapan That sounds amazing! Hope the weather is good.

@Blacksolger Год назад

Stunning Views

@keiserkosti Год назад

Takk!

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Thank you so much!! I really appreciate that!!

@kiwiyamabushi Год назад

Gorgeous, as always! Great video! Lots of good information too :)

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Thanks! Love your videos as well!

@chrissonnenschein6634 Год назад

Magnolia & Tulip Tree blossoms are also edible - can be a quite a good chew, for a flower - some varieties/species aren’t nearly as good as others has to be said. Crazy to think that all those tunnels must have been hand dug by the local fishermen for access who knows when..

@chrissonnenschein6634 Год назад

Forget now which villages along that coast I saw once - but there are memorials to previous tsunamis on rocks that are absolutely huge that were moved up the valleys from those cliffs - the size of those ancient flood waves would have been nightmare!

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Oh interesting! Didn't realize you could just chew on them! Yeah- pretty sure these tunnels are all hand-made maybe 60 or 70 years ago like the ones near the Unosu Cliffs. They're actually rather long and dark, I just cut that part short as I showed them more in a previous video I did there a couple years ago.

@chrissonnenschein6634 Год назад

@@GoNorthJapan but you have tracked マタギ and アイヌ well done... Sai Peninsula and Noheji much to be revealed...

@Slewenski Год назад

Hach, I always looove the videos on the trail. The sea is so stunningly beautiful, but so are the cliffs and the trees clinging onto them... like you just wanna sit down and paint everything XD As I'd prolly die up the first set of stairs this is very comfortable for me to just watch lol (and yesss i am binging again D: it's always hard to stop once started)

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

The stairs can be murder, yeah!

@tacbose6593 Год назад

スカイツリーは通常時は階段は使えない(東京タワーはok)ということを把握しているのに驚愕します MCT、素敵ですねいつか赴けたらと思います

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

すごく綺麗ですよ！

@kostassf Год назад

Great Video with some lovely views ( I could name , around the 5th,6th minute of the video ( the sand beaches ) , the 7th minute of the video and towards the end of the video around the 10th minute of the video , just to name a few ) . I suspect the sunset from the Akito beach ( if I got the name correctly ) should also be stunning and while in Akito beach I suspect our good old friend Neptune ( don't know the Japanese equivalent ) doesn't really like walls ( or sea walls to that effect ) . For the most part the trail looked quite accesible ( although I have to admit that in a couple of occasions i felt a bit uneasy ( the metal ladder around 05:19 and then the small ladder at 06:44 ) with hiking shoes likely since hiking boots would be rather heavy footwear . One last thing if I may . This part of the trail should be nicknamed the "One Thousand Steps trail" for the many steps . All in all it should made a pretty intresting experience .

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Yeah- lots of beautiful spots on the trail!! And many others that I didn't include as well! Totally agree on the "One Thousand Steps Trail" - that's what it is!

@igornagase7355 Год назад

I remember you made an incredible video in this spectacular place and in this video, one of the trails was closed, was the trail opened again? I remember there was a waterfall!!!

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Yeah, I think it's completely open now!

@etherdog Год назад

Breathtaking as usual, Quinlan! Is it worth it to put your camera down for a walk-away? Could you use your drone to to achieve the same effect?

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Yeah, drone is actually a lot more work in terms of unpacking it, calibrating it, launching, etc. plus limited battery life and the worry of trees... I don't mind walking back and forth.

@katiemcquin Год назад

So beautiful 😍😍 I know its the middle of winter, but is it wrong that I want to paddle in that amazing blue sea?!

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

I'm right there with you in that desire! Beautiful water!

@somethingwithcode2615 Год назад

Great video, thank you for showing! I'm actually planning to hike the full Coastal Trail at the end of the year. Do you have any tips or recommendations for campgrounds along the trail or camping in general in Japan?

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

That's great!! I would say just go to the official site and download the PDF maps and look through those. They have the campsites all mapped out!

@cabby22 Год назад

Wow it's so gorgeous there. Looked pretty empty too... Did you see anyone else on your hike? Does it get busier in the Spring/Summer? Thanks for sharing this piece of the trail.

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Didn't see anyone on the trail the entire day!! But when I've hiked it during the warmer months there were a few other people I passed, but even then it was sparse.

@opticalsoap Год назад

awesome hike!

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Thanks!

@dandomine Год назад

This trail is beautiful, but it does need work in some places.

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Yeah- could be better labeled certainly, and maybe more areas of trail created to minimize walking on roads.

@OtakuAviators Год назад

“Thank you so much for watching, and I see you on the stairs”

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Ahahaha, right!

@OtakuAviators Год назад

@@GoNorthJapan 😄😄😄

@chamikajperera5987 Год назад

Hey quinlan, could you do a video or blog post explaining wild camping in japan. To start is it allowed , how to find places etc

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

That's a great idea. I do get questions about that a lot. I'll have to do some research first, as I don't have all the information at this moment! Thanks!

@chamikajperera5987 Год назад

@@GoNorthJapan looking forward, thank you

@CelticUchuu Год назад

Gorgeous coast trail. Are there any camping spots along it where you could spend the night?

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Yes! There are a number of campsites! If you download the PDF that I like to in the description you can find them. Also- in this video toward the end I passed the Aketo Beach - there is a campsite right around there as well.

@amagalla Год назад

wasn't the owner of that hotel a survivor that actually got swept away? I remember Tokyo Lens/Norm covered her story. (just a ramble) also great video as always. thank you

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Ah- I know the hotel that you're talking about. I've met that woman a few times for work. In addition to running the hotel she gives speeches and presentations about her experience during the tsunami. That's the Horaikan Inn in Kamaishi.

@amagalla Год назад

@@GoNorthJapan thank you for the information!

@Budethouseproductions 3 месяца назад

What is the name of the hotel at the end? And where did you start? I had a hard time finding on a map!

@GoNorthJapan 3 месяца назад

That's the Hotel Ragaso! Started at the Kitayamazaki Cliffs!

@Jim58223 Год назад

7:52 Harpoon?

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

Or an anchor? Not sure...

@iPhonePhotoDude 2 месяца назад

Does anyone know if October & November would be good weather months for this trail? Any idea what the average daily cost would be? I'm just starting to research hiking ideas for fall 2024

@EJproductionsxD 2 месяца назад

How long did it take you?

@GoNorthJapan 2 месяца назад

This was a while back.. can't quite remember. But probably 4 or 5 hours including filming and such!

@ali.aetwebi1118 Год назад

what type of gear and cloths u have , and edc ??

@GoNorthJapan Год назад

For this hike- mostly just layers so I can adjust based on how hot or cold I feel. If you stop moving it's pretty cold in December, but with all the stairs you wouldn't notice that... so I had on a couple thin layers and a fleece. I also wear Montbell hiking boots, but for this trailrunning shoes would be better. I mainly carry an extra ultralight down jacket (just in case), pepper spray, a head lamp, extra rations, first aid kit, USB battery, a space blanket..