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Tohoku AT Top 2025-08

Japan’s Tohoku region is working to offer more trekking, paddling and other adventure travel activities. (Tohoku Tourism Promotion Organization) 

HAYATO SAWA

August 10, 2025 09:00 JST

SENDAI, Japan — The tourism sector in Japan’s northeastern Tohoku region is working to establish adventure travel, a type of experiential tourism that focuses on outdoor activities and cultural interaction. With a global market size for such tourism estimated at more than $400 billion, Tohoku expects adventure travel to play a key role in attracting overseas visitors.

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