The new Trail & Train website offers a lot of useful information about the trail as well as a luggage delivery plan, local guide services, and more: https://en.sanriku-trail.com/ Unfortunately, the official government site (https://tohoku.env.go.jp/mct/english/) recently pulled all the free PDF maps they were offering for download. Now you have to pay for them, unfortunately. Still, it is better to get paper maps for the section that you're interested in hiking, so worth ordering in advance. You can order maps here: https://m-tc.org/en/explore/map/ There's also a great free informational site/community by a half British, half Japanese man named Robin. He hiked the entire trail in 2022 and has gathered tons of great resources on his site: https://www.michinokutrail.com/ Past videos I've done that relate to the trail, kayaking, and boat rides off that coast: Trail Hiking: • Hiking the Michinoku Coastal Trail in Nort... • The Best Section of the Michinoku Coastal ... Kayaking: • Exploring coastal caves by kayak near Jodo... Sappa-sen: • Riding a boat up the most beautiful part o... ------ #MichinokuCoastalTrail #MCT #Sanriku I'm a full-time guide, mostly up in Tohoku (northeast Japan) but I also guide groups up Mt. Fuji in the pre and post season as well as lead normal tours in places like Kyoto, Nara, and Tokyo when contracted. If you're interested in hiring me to guide you either on a hike or around town, send me an email through this channel or message me on Instagram or Twitter. Some additional info is available here: https://gonorthjapan.com/ If you like my videos and would like to help me produce more and better videos, consider supporting me on Patreon! I also post monthly Patreon-exclusive drone videos, if that interests you! / gonorthjapan GoNorth Japan merchandise is now available! Support the channel by buying a hoodie! https://teespring.com/stores/go-north... Follow me on: Instagram - / quinlan Twitter - / gonorthj Check out my Airbnb listing: http://airbnb.com/h/morioka/ Music used in video was licensed from Artlist (https://artlist.io/William-1544013).