Day 90 (July 11, 2017)

Tomiyama, Yamagata → Natagiri Pass → Mogami, Yamagata → Hanatate Pass → Onikōbe, Miyagi

Map of Tōhoku with author’s route from Tomiyama, Yamagata to Onikōbe, Miyagi highlighted.

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A small wooden shrine in a forest.

The roof of the shrine peeks out from between cedar trunks high above.

📍 Tomiyama, Yamagata

A cluster of cedars with curved trunks in a sunny forest.

📍 Natagiri Pass, Yamagata

A small red snowplow parked in front of a house, with a pair of black rubber boots leaning against it.

📍 Mogami, Yamagata

Looking down from a pass on a green valley under colorful evening clouds.

📍 Hanatate Pass, Yamagata|Miyagi

Steam wafts from a grate near a bathhouse at night.

📍 Onikōbe, Miyagi
These Walking Dreams is a visual field diary of a 4,100-kilometer walk from one end of Japan to the other, in the spring and summer of 2017.